Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) 抔 Kangxi strokes: 8 Page 421, Entry 12 Pronounced pou (level tone). To hold something with the hands. Book of Rites (Liji), Rites of Ceremony (Liyun): "Use a crude chalice and drink by the handful." Commentary: To hold with the hands and drink. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Biography of Zhang Shizhi: "The ignorant commoner took one handful of soil from the Changling tomb." Note: The character represents holding with the hands. Modern scholars who read this as the character for cup (bei) are incorrect. Also pronounced pei (level tone). The meaning is the same. Also originally written as the character for taking something with the hands (fou), now written as this character. Other variant forms are incorrect.