Mao Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Tap (pū) Entry: Nie Kangxi Stroke Count: 12 Page 472, Entry 10 Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Pronounced nie (rising tone) Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced nie (rising tone) Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): To block or stop up. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Oath of Fei (Feishi): Stop up your pitfalls. Commentary: A pitfall is a hole dug in the ground to trap animals; it should be filled and blocked with earth. Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced nie (rising tone). To press down. Jade Chapters (Yupian): To close. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): Formed with the radical for tap. The character was originally written using the radical for tap.