You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Foot (zú) Character: ta Kangxi strokes: 19 Page 1234, Entry 04 Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Pronounced ta Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced ta, sounds like ta. To gnaw and stomp. Book of Rites and Propriety (Ganlu Zishu): Commonly written as ta. Commentary on the Chronicle of Zuo (Zuo Zhuan), twelfth year of Duke Xuan: Just as with military movements today, where there are scouts ahead to probe and stomp out ambushes. Sub-commentary: It means to send men far in front of the army to scout and observe, worrying about hidden troops, and making them stomp as they walk.