Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Dagger-axe (gē) Jian Kangxi Stroke Count: 14 Page 413, Entry 37 Pronounced jian (rising tone). Meaning: to exhaust or finish. Book of Odes (Shijing), Small Odes (Xiao Ya): To grant you exhaustion of good fortune. Commentary: To grant you full goodness, so that you may receive the blessings of Heaven. Also used interchangeably with jian (to destroy). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): To destroy. Book of Odes (Shijing), Eulogies of Lu (Lu Song): Truly began to destroy the Shang dynasty. The ancient text was written as jian. Wenrenshi stated: Jian and jian are the same. Also pronounced jian (rising tone). Meaning: same as above. Also pronounced jian (falling tone). Meaning: same as above. According to Sun Yan.