You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Foot (zú) 趾 Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 1222, Entry 15 Pronounced zhi (rising tone). Book of Exemplary Rhymes (Guangyun), Compendium of Rhymes (Jiyun), and Collected Rhymes (Yunhui): all provide the pronunciation zhi; Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun): provides the pronunciation zhi. Approximations of Language (Erya): Toes are the feet. Explanation of Names (Shiming): Toes imply stopping, meaning that when one walks, one moves and then pauses. Book of Changes (Yijing), Hexagram of Grace (Bigua): Adorning one's toes. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Bin (Binfeng): On the fourth day, lifting the feet. Book of Rites (Liji), Summary of Propriety (Quli): Please inquire as to which direction the feet are pointed. Also, Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Eleventh Year of Duke Xuan: Inspecting the foundation of the city walls. Commentary: The toe refers to the base of a city wall. Also, Book of Rites (Liji), Royal Regulations (Wangzhi): The southern regions are called Man, where people tattoo their foreheads and have feet that cross over one another. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Treatise on Geography (Dilizhi): Jiaozhi Commandery, belonging to Jiao Province. Also used interchangeably with the character for stop (zhi). History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Treatise on Punishments (Fazhi): Those who should have had their left foot severed are instead to be struck five hundred times with a bamboo rod. Commentary: Shigu says that stop refers to the foot.