Zi Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Rope (suǒ) Page 101, Entry 04 To lasso; to capture with a rope. Pronounced ta (falling tone). "Book of Rites (Liji)" notes the pronunciation as "tuo he qie," with the same sound as "ta." Meaning: To capture an object with a rope. "Chronicles of Zizhi (Zizhi Tongjian)" records: In the thirteenth year of Emperor Zhongzong's reign (691 AD), the Khitan people used a flying lasso to capture Ma Renjie in Yingzhou and took him alive. "Collection of Essential Knowledge (Jilan)" explains: The character 䌈 refers to capturing an object with a rope. Li Kaigu, a Khitan general, was skilled in using this lasso technique.