Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Kangxi stroke count: 17 Page 458, Entry 02 Pronounced zhai According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it means to select or choose. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Chapter of Lu Punishments: There are no erroneous words within oneself. Book of Rites (Liji), Doctrine of the Mean (Zhongyong): One who chooses what is good and firmly holds onto it. Also pronounced duo According to the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji) commentary: In the Biography of Turtle and Yarrow Divination, it describes that when things are done in haste, passing through without mutual selection, anomalies appear frequently, leading to thin and meager outcomes. Also pronounced yi Used in personal names. During the Han Dynasty, there was Sima Wuzhai. Originally written as a variant form. Sometimes also written as a variant form. The character was originally written using the hand radical.