Mao Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Hand (shǒu). Kangxi strokes: 16. Page 453, Entry 21. Pronounced pie. According to the Tang Rhyme (Tangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the sound is pie. According to the Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen), it means to separate. Another definition is to strike. Also pronounced pie. According to the Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), the sound is pie. Read like pian (entering tone). It means a light strike. It also means to skip, to draw, or to brush. According to Cai Yong's Record of Seal Script (Zhuanshi), it means to raise waves and brandish the stroke. According to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is sometimes written as a variant form (bi). In the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Jing Ke, it appears as kneeling and brushing the mat. It is also written as a variant form (pie). According to Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), it is pronounced bi. The meaning is the same. According to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced bie. Read like bi (entering tone). It means to wipe.