Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) 捩 Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 434, Entry 36 Pronounced li (falling tone). A plectrum for a lute. Sometimes written in a variant form (duo). Pronounced lie (entering tone). The meaning is to twist or turn. In Augmented Rhymes (Zengyun), it is defined as to wring or twist. Han Yu, Sending Away Poverty (Song Qiong Wen): To twist the hand and overturn the soup. Wang Anshi, Pengli Poem: Twisting and turning in all directions, ten thousand boats return. It also carries the meaning of to break off or to tear open. It is used interchangeably with the character pronounced li (falling tone). Sometimes written in variant forms (lie) or (li).