Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Entry: Zha Kangxi stroke count: 9 Page 423, Entry 05 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun) and Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) indicate the pronunciation is ze; Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Categorized Lexicon (Leipian) indicate the pronunciation is zha. As stated in the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means to scoop up. The character is composed of the hand radical and a phonetic component, pronounced like the zha in zha pear. Additionally, in the Regional Speech (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong, it is stated that zha-zha means to take. In the region of Southern Chu, the act of retrieving an object from a ditch or mud is called zha. Some also refer to it as this. Furthermore, according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced qie. It also means to take. Additionally, according to Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), it is pronounced xie. According to Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), it is pronounced jie. The meaning is the same. It is also written in a variant form, with the same meaning.