Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Page 419, Entry 03 Pronounced jia Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Explanations of Characters): To scrape. Guangyun (Expanded Rhyme Dictionary): To scrape or rub an object. Han Yu, Zheng Shu Lianju (Joint Poem on the Expedition to Shu): The room is quiet, silk sounds at dawn. Annotation: The sound of a loom rubbing and scraping.