Mao Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Tap (pū) Kangxi Strokes: 14 Page 474, Entry 31 Ancient script. According to the Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun), it is pronounced qiao. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), and the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), it is pronounced qiao. According to the Explaining Graphs (Shuowen), it means to strike horizontally. Xu Xuan states it means to strike horizontally from the side. The Classified Chapters (Leipian) defines it as to strike. In the Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Ding Year Two: Seized his staff to strike him. In Jia Yi’s On the Faults of Qin (Guo Qin Lun): Holding the short staff and long club to whip and beat the world. The commentary notes: The short one is called a strike (qiao), the long one is called a club (pu). Furthermore, according to Yangzi’s Regional Dialects (Fangyan), in the Chu region, anything discarded is called a strike (qiao). According to the Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun), it is pronounced xi. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), and the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), it is pronounced xi. The meaning is the same.