Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 437, Entry 14 According to the Tang Rhyme (Tangyun) and the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced shu (rising tone), which is the same pronunciation as the character for bean (shu). The meaning is to pick up. It shares the same meaning as the character for uncle (shu). In the Book of Odes (Shijing), within the section Airs of Bin (Binfeng), there is the line: In the ninth month, we gather hemp seeds. Furthermore, the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) provides the pronunciation as zhu (rising tone), which is the same pronunciation as the character for bamboo (zhu). The meaning is the same.