You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Shell (bèi) 贖 Kangxi stroke count: 22 Page 1213, Entry 08 Broad Rimes (Guangyun), Collected Rimes (Jiyun), and Collection of Rimes (Yunhui) state it is pronounced shu. According to Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): To trade. According to Jade Compendium (Yupian): To pawn. To obtain release from a crime by means of wealth. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Canon of Shun: Use metal to perform a redemption. Commentary: Give out metal in order to redeem a crime. Also, Collected Rimes (Jiyun) states it is pronounced shu. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Qin: As if it could be redeemed. Explanation of Sounds (Shiwen): Shu, also pronounced shu. Also, Collected Rimes (Jiyun) states it is a surname.