Mao Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Hand (shǒu). Entry: le. Kangxi stroke count: 6. Page 417, Entry 09. Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced le. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhymes Compilation (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced le. Those who practice divination place milfoil stalks between their fingers. Book of Changes (Yijing), section Appended Statements (Xici): Placing the remainder between the fingers to symbolize an intercalary month; there are two intercalary months in five years, so one holds them twice before suspending the milfoil stalks. Yangzi's Supreme Mystery (Taixuanjing) writes it as le. Commentary: It is similar to the meaning of completion. Also in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced li. Means to bind or tie. This is a dialect of the Guanzhong region. Also the name of a county. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Biography of the Five Kings under Emperor Gao: The Prince of Jinan, Bi Guang, ascended the throne as the Marquis of Le. Commentary: Le is pronounced le. It is in Pingyuan County. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Investigation of Obscurities (Suoyin): Pronounced li. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it is written as li. See also Radical: Tree (mù).