Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 439, Entry 07 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collection Rhyme (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced kong (falling tone). Explanation of Characters (Shuowen): To draw or pull. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): To report. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Yong: To report to a great state. Mao Commentary (Maozhuan): To control is to draw. Zhu Commentary (Zhuzhuan): To grasp and hold while informing. History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qianhan), Biography of Lou Jing: To draw the bow with forty thousand horsemen. Commentary: All refer to drawing a bow. Also refers to control or regulation. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Zheng: To repress the playing of chimes and the pulling of reins. Commentary: To stop a horse is called controlling. Also means to cast or throw. Zhuangzi, Carefree Wandering (Xiaoyaoyou): When the time does not arrive, one simply falls to the ground. Collection Rhyme (Jiyun): Pronounced kong (level tone). To remove. Also to draw. Ban Gu, Western Capital Rhapsody (Xidu fu): Birds are startled and touch the threads, beasts are frightened and encounter the blades. The mechanism is not triggered in vain, and the string is not drawn a second time. Tang Rhyme (Tangyun): Pronounced qiang (level tone). Collection Rhyme (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Pronounced qiang (level tone). To strike. Zhuangzi, External Things (Waiwu): The scholar used a metal hammer to strike his chin. Collection Rhyme (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Pronounced qiang (rising tone). Same meaning.