Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) 拎 Kangxi stroke count: 9 Page 425, Entry 08 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ling. Jade Chapters (Yupian): To use the hand to hold something suspended in the air. The Principles of the Six Scripts (Liushu Gu): To carry something suspended in the air. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written in a variant form. Also written in a variant form.