Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Clothing (yī) Character: Tuo Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 1115, Entry 03 Pronounced tuo. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): Referring to the skirt of a garment. Guangya (Broad Refinement): Slits in a garment are called cha, jie, or tuo, covering the knees. Also, Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): To open the collar of a garment. Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes): To open a garment to make it larger. Also, Yupian (Jade Chapter): To be vast and wide. Yangzi Taixuan (Master Yang's Great Profound Mystery): When heaven and earth were first opened, the universe was vast and flat.