Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) 挤 Kangxi stroke count: 18 Page 459, Entry 01 Pronounced ji (falling tone). Shuo Wen Jie Zi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): To push aside. Also, to push. Zuo Zhuan (Chronicle of Zuo): Commoners, when old and without children, know they will be pushed into ditches and gullies. Commentary: Extinguished or fallen. Pronounced zi (rising tone). Also, pronounced ji (falling tone). The meaning is the same. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): The Han army retreated because they were pushed by the Chu forces. Zhuangzi: The ruler relies on his accomplishments to push him. Also, pronounced ji (level tone). The meaning is the same.