Mao Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Hand (shǒu). Kangxi strokes: 12. Page 435, Entry 05. Pronounced men. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): To stroke or hold. Book of Odes (Shijing), Great Odes: Do not touch my tongue. Also, to grope. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Emperor Gaozu: The King of Han was wounded in the chest and proceeded to touch his foot. Songs of Chu (Chucí), Nine Chapters: Suddenly and swiftly, I touched the sky. Also, in accordance with the rhyming supplement, pronounced min. Ouyang Xiu, Poem on the Lingxi Stone: Alas, I have a mouth but cannot speak, sighing, I can only touch it with both hands. All say that when Nuwa first forged and refined, she fused and congealed the primal energy into pure essence. The common variant form is incorrect.