Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Spear (máo) Ze Kangxi stroke count: 13 Page 822, Entry 26 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced ze Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): A type of spear. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): To use a spear to retrieve an object. Also in Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced ce. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ce. Meaning is the same. Also: To stab and retrieve. Discourses of the States (Luyu): To spear fish. Also in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhuo. To stab. Originally written as a different form. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Also written as variant forms. Correction of Errors (Zheng'e): Differently written as another variant form.