Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Gate (mén) Yan Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 1336, Entry 06 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) state the pronunciation is ju (falling-rising tone), same as the character for a double handful. It means idle or to close. The Categorized Compilation (Leipian) defines it as to close. The Compendium of Sea Categories (Pianhai Leibian) refers to the act of holding something with two hands. It also refers to the appearance of cupping hands, which is different from the character for mortar (jiu). The bottom stroke of the character for mortar is continuous; it is pronounced jiu (falling tone).