Mao Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Hand (shǒu). Kangxi strokes: 12. Page 429, Entry 06. Pronounced gua (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters) states it means to draw or demarcate. Zhengzitong (Correct Meaning Thoroughly Comprehended) states that the character for jade (gui) is composed of two earth characters, implying the meaning of boundary or demarcation. Also, Yupian (Jade Chapters) states it means to hang. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), Section on Small Feast Rites, states: "Hanging from the little finger." Strategies of the Warring States (Zhan Guo Ce) states: "Without the posture of holding the sickle or hanging the hoe, yet possessing the reality of stored grain." It is used interchangeably with the character for hang. Also refers to ganggua, a type of arrowhead. Pan Yue, Rhapsody on Shooting Pheasants (She Zhi Fu), states: "Attaching the ganggua and stealthily aiming." The commentary notes it is also written as the variant form (gui). Also, Jiyun (Collected Rhymes) states it is pronounced hua (falling tone), meaning to obstruct. It is the same as the variant form (gui) and is used interchangeably with the variant (gua). Also, pronounced gui, meaning to separate. Zhuangzi, Chapter on the Fisherman, states: "Fond of managing major affairs, changing the constant, in order to separate merit and fame." It is sometimes written as the variant form (kui). Another meaning is to catch objects using a hook. Pronounced gua (falling tone). Means to separate. Also refers to the act of manipulating milfoil stalks and placing them between the little fingers during divination. Book of Changes (Yijing), Appended Remarks, states: "Hang one to represent the three." The commentary states: "To set aside and not use is called hanging." It also states: "Only after two re-insertions is there the hang." The commentary states: "To bring them together and set them aside is called hanging." Zhu Xi, Original Meaning (Benyi), states: "To hang means to suspend between the little fingers of the left hand." Also, according to Zhengzitong, it is the same as the character for hang. Book of Changes, Commentary on the Qian Hexagram, states: "The Yijing Weft states: The hexagram (gua) is a hanging (gua). It means to suspend the images of things to display them to people." Also, Jiyun, Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes), and Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes) state it is pronounced guai (rising tone), with the same meaning. Lu Deming, Explanation of the Text of the Book of Changes (Yijing Shiwen), recognizes two pronunciations.