Si Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Claw (zhǎo) 爬 Kangxi Stroke Count: 8 Page 688, Entry 32 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced pa. The pronunciation is the same as pa. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): The meaning is to scratch. Han Yu, Explanation of Advancement in Learning (Jinxuejie): To sift and search through. Also, from the Poem on the Lunar Eclipse (Yueshishi): Hands and feet are clumsy from scratching. Also, a surname. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Originally descendants of the Duke of Lou in the East from the State of Qi (Qi), who changed their surname to avoid disaster. During the Western Wei dynasty, there was a Pasha who served as the Inspector of Xiangzhou. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Sometimes written in a variant form (ba). Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Sometimes written in a variant form (pa).