Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Character: 鈌 Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 1298, Entry 12 Pronounced jue. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it is the original form of the character representing a thorn or prick. Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced gui. The meaning is the same. Also, according to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced jue. The meaning is the same. Also, according to the Expanded Elegantia (Boya), it means to take. According to the Pronunciation Explanations (Yinshi), the character 鈌 is pronounced jue. It is also used interchangeably with the character meaning gap or lack (que). In the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sima Xiangru, it appears in the phrase piercing through the inverted reflection of the lightning gap. In the History of the Former Han (Qianhanshu), it is written as the lightning gap (lieque). The commentary explains that lightning gap (lieque) refers to the gate of heaven.