Xu Collection, Middle Volume, Radical: Leather (gé) Page 1390, Entry 28 Pronounced dǎ (falling tone) A weapon. Also, the sound of bells and drums. Also written as 鞈 and 闒. According to the "Hanshu (Book of Han)", Sima Xiangru's "Shanglin Fu" uses this character. The "Qian Hanshu (Book of Han)" and "Wenxuan (Selections of Refined Literature)" use 鞈. Also, pronounced tà (falling tone). Meaning the same.