Shen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Insect (chóng) Entry: Li Kangxi stroke count: 22 Page 1102, Entry 50 Supplement to the Collection of Characters (Zihui bu): Pronounced li (falling-rising tone). Means to cut. Xunzi (Xunzi), Chapter on a Powerful State (Qiangguo pian): To cut up basins and plates, and to slaughter oxen and horses.