Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Cave (xué) Jing Kangxi stroke count: 9 Page 863, Entry 15 Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Orthography of Standard Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced jing (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): A pitfall, used for capturing animals. Also defined as digging into the ground to trap animals. Book of Documents (Shujing), Speech at Fei: Secure your traps, collect your pits. Commentary: A pit is used to capture small animals by digging a deep hole in the ground so that they fall in and cannot escape. It does not utilize a mechanical device on the top, which differs slightly from a wooden trap (huo). Also in Wide Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), and Orthography of Standard Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced jing (falling tone). The meaning is the same. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Originally written as the variant form jing (pitfall).