Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) 搛 Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 447, Entry 05 According to the Sound of Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced lian. It means to beat a drum. It is the same as the character with a support component. It is also pronounced jian. It means to clamp or hold something. The character was originally written with a support component.