Chen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Weapon (shū) 毃 Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 587, Entry 07 Pronounced que. As defined in the Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), to strike the head. Another definition is to strike horizontally. As noted in the Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), during the second year of Duke Ding of Lu, Viscount Zhuang of Zhu was drinking wine with Yi Shegu and secretly went out. The gatekeeper begged for meat, and after the Viscount took away the gatekeeper's staff, he struck him with it. Sometimes written in a variant form (qiao). Also pronounced qiao. Also pronounced qiao (falling tone). The meanings are the same.