Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Entry: Sha Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 431, Entry 30 Pronounced suo To rub or stroke. In the Jade Compendium (Yupian): To rub or handle with the hands. In the Stone Drum Song (Shigu Ge) by Han Yu: Who is there left to reach out and stroke it again? Also written in the variant form sha (suō). In the Notes on the Offering of Sacrificial Grain in the Suburban Temple (Jiao Tesheng) from the Book of Rites (Liji): Offerings are read as sha. Within the black millet wine, there is boiled turmeric and herbs which are rubbed to extract their fragrant juices; this is called juice sha. See the note for the character sha under the Grass (cǎo) radical for further details. Pronounced sha As in zhasha, the appearance of opening or spreading out. In the Jade Compendium (Yupian): Also written in the variant form suo (suō). In the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes abbreviated as chao. Also written in the variant form suo (suō). Commonly written in the variant form sha (shā).