Mao Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Hand (shǒu). Kangxi dictionary strokes: 8. Page 421, Entry 13. Ancient form. According to Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), pronounced tou. According to Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Anthology (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), pronounced tou. Defined in Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi) as to cast. Note that to cast is to throw. Defined in Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) as to discard. Book of Rites (Liji), Songs of Refinement: Do not throw bones to dogs. Commentary: To throw means to give or send. To discard the bone and give it to the dog. Also means to present. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wei: He presented me with a papaya. Also, according to Expanded Rhymes (Zengyun), means to accept or put into. Book of Rites (Liji), Record of Music: Established the descendants of the Yin dynasty in Song. Commentary: A term for relocating and settling. Also means to arrive at or to entrust oneself to. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Zhang Jian: Jian was a fugitive, looking to homes to entrust himself for shelter. Also means to cover or trap. Book of Odes (Shijing), Minor Odes of the Kingdom: Observe that trapped rabbit, still there are those who rush before it. Commentary: Observing people about to trap a rabbit, there are those who run ahead of it. Also a surname. Descendants of the Earl of Xun from the Zhou dynasty. When King Huan attacked Zheng, he cast his vanguard forward as a strategy. His descendants took this as their clan name. In the Han dynasty, there was a Superintendent of the Imperial Household named Tou Diao. Also, according to Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Anthology (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), pronounced dou. Used interchangeably with the reading of a sentence pause. Ma Rong, Rhapsody on the Long Flute: Those who listen to the melody and follow the tempo, observe the technique of the rhythm, and examine the structure of the pauses. Also synonymous with dou, meaning to stop. Also means for things to fit or join together. Du Fu poetry: I traveled far to arrive at the waves of the Jin River. Also, wine brewed a second time is called tou. Also commonly written as tou. Dictionary of Characters (Zilin): A heavy fermentation. Liang Yuandi, Music Bureau (Yuefu): The Yicheng twice-brewed wine is now mature.