Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Page 417, Entry 23 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collection Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Pronounced gang. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): To lift something horizontally or to lift something with both hands in opposition. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Ji was over eight feet tall, and his strength was sufficient to lift a tripod. Han Yu, Poem Presented to Zhang Ji: A tripod of a hundred hu with dragon patterns, the strength of the brush can lift it alone. Also, Collection Rhymes (Jiyun) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced gang. Also means to lift. Same as the character variant (gang). Sometimes written as (kang). Also, Collection Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xiang. Same as the character variant (kang). Means to carry a load. See the entry for that character for details. Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Often written as the variant form (kang).