Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Gar Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 881, Entry 12 Pronounced ge (rising tone). Arrow shaft. Also pronounced gao (rising tone). Book of Rites, Winter Officials, Artificers Record (Zhouli, Dongguan Kaogongji): The shaft of the Fenhu arrow. Commentary: Read as gao. An ancient character used as a phonetic loan. Also pronounced gan (rising tone). Same meaning. Also pronounced dan (falling tone). Same meaning. Also a place name. Li Bai poems: The bright moon over White Shaft Slope (Bai-ga-bei).