Mao Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Hand (shǒu). Kangxi strokes: 9. Page 425, Entry 13. Ancient character variant: zhè. According to Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collection Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun), it is pronounced zhi. According to Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means to pick up or collect. It is a regional dialect of the Song territory. Some write it as zhi. In the Poem of Thought by Zhang Heng in the Book of Later Han (Hou Hanshu), it is written: pulling down the Ruo flower and hesitating. The commentary states: here it means to break off. The Songs of Chu (Chuci) says: breaking off the Ruo tree to wipe the sun. According to Collection Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced shi. It also means to pick up or collect. According to Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun), it is pronounced tuo. It means to support an object with the hand. One source suggests it means to push an object with the hand. In a poem by Li Shanfu, it is written: once the delicate mark is pressed, it is not taken back. The commentary states: in the fourth year of the Dali era, Princess Chong passed through Fenzhou and pressed her palm against a stone wall, leaving a handprint. Even today, the Ling stone still bears the princess's handprint. According to Extended Rhymes (Zengyun), it means to develop or push open. In the Ganquan Rhapsody by Yang Xiong, it is written: expanding the footprint and opening the lineage. The commentary states: it means to expand. It also appears as tuoluo, meaning discouraged or unsuccessful. In the Dispel Ridicule by Yang Xiong, it is written: why is your official career so unsuccessful? The commentary states: tuoluo means unprosperous or discouraged. There is also a compound surname. The Northern Wei dynasty began the Tuoba clan. In the north, earth is called tuo and a sovereign is called ba. Emperor Xiaowen changed the surname to Yuan. According to Collection Rhymes (Jiyun), some write it as a variant, and others write it as tuo.