Mao Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Hand (shǒu). Kangxi stroke count: 19. Page 462, Entry 03. Pronounced chu. To stretch out or to express. Ban Gu, Reply to the Guests (Da Bin Xi): Alone expressing thoughts beyond the universe. Also, to distribute. Sima Xiangru, Essay on the Suburban Sacrifices (Fengshan Shu): Distributed and spread to infinity. Also, to emit or disperse. Yang Xiong, Hedong Rhapsody (Hedong Fu): Rousing the Six Classics to disperse and praise. Also, similar to leaping or galloping. Zhang Heng, Rhapsody on Thinking (Si Fu): The eight-horse carriage leaps and gallops. Also, according to the Jade Sea (Yupian), to compare. Sometimes also written in a variant form (tu). Commonly written as (chu).