Mao Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Hand (shǒu). Kangxi strokes: 19. Page 461, Entry 01. Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zhí. Read as chéng in the entering tone. To throw, to shake. Zengyun: To cast, to drop. The same as the variant form (zhì). Jin History (Jinshu), Biography of Sun Chuo: Once, when writing the Rhapsody on Tiantai Mountain (Tiantai shan fu), he said to Fan Rongqi: Try throwing this to the ground, it should produce the sound of metal and stone. Du Mu, Rhapsody on Afang Palace (Afang gong fu): Tripods and pans were treated as pebbles, gold and jewels as grit, cast away and scattered about. The people of Qin looked upon them and did not value them much.