Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower Radical: Knife (dāo) Kangxi Stroke Count: 21 Page Number: Page 145, Number 44 According to the Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui), and the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), the character is pronounced mó. The Jade Chapters (Yupian) defines it as to pare or shave. The Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) defines it as to divide. The Supplemented Rhymes (Zengyun) defines it as to be incisive or to cut. In the Book of Han (Hanshu), within the Eulogy for the Biography of Jia Shan, the term is used in the context of offering pointed advice from a lower position to a superior. A note by the scholar Meng Kang states that the term refers to providing blunt or earnest counsel. The Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) also record the pronunciation mǐ with the same meaning.