Mao Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Hand (shǒu). Kangxi stroke count: 15. Page 452, Entry 06. Pronounced mo. Pronounced mo. Pronounced mo. Pronounced mo. Pronounced mo. Pronounced mo. Pronounced mo. The pronunciation is the same as mo. Explanation from Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): To draw or trace according to a standard. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Refers to having something to reference or imitate. Book of Han (Hanshu), Annals of Emperor Gao, Eulogy: Even when time is pressing, the framework for planning and imitation remains vast and far-reaching. Annotation: Mo is like a painter outlining a contour before adding color. Also used interchangeably with mo. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Refers to tracing by hand. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Cai Yong: Cai Yong corrected and verified the texts of the Six Classics, personally writing them onto stone tablets for craftsmen to carve. These were erected outside the gates of the Imperial Academy, and those who came to view and trace them arrived in thousands of carriages daily. Also written as fu, or as mo. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced mu. The meaning is the same.