Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Stone (shí) Character: Zhé Kangxi strokes: 8 Page 827, Entry 16 According to Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced zé. It is a simplified variant of the character zhé. For further details, see the entry for the character zhé. Also, according to Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun), it means to strike or crush. Additionally, according to Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced tuō. Zhé refers to the name of a tree. One source identifies it as the king thorn (wángjí). According to the commentary on the Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), the king thorn is the zhé. Furthermore, according to Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced hé. It represents the sound of something thrown onto the ground. Also, according to Five Sound Collected Rhymes (Wuyin Jiyun), pronounced zhà. The meaning is the same. It is also written as a variant form (xiá).