Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Kangxi stroke count: 18 Page 459, Entry 27 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) record the pronunciation as zhuo (rising tone). Explaining Graphs (Shuowen): To draw or pull. Regional Dialects (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong: To pull. From the mountain passes westward, some call it pull, or zhuo. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): To extract or emerge. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguoce): To extract him from among the guests and place him above the group of ministers. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Biography of Gongsun Hong: The Emperor promoted him to the first rank. Also, in Added Rhymes (Zengyun): To rise high. Western Capital Rhapsody (Xidu Fu) by Ban Gu: Raising the immortal palms to catch the dew, elevating the pair of standing golden stalks. Also, in Jade Chapters (Yupian): To remove or finish. Book of Rites (Liji), Minor Etiquette (Shaoyi): When attending a game of pitch-pot, one holds the arrows; one does not touch the corner, nor does one remove the opponent's markers. Commentary: In pitch-pot, upright markers represent horses, and once three horses are obtained, one achieves victory. If someone has obtained two horses, they still dare not remove the markers of their superior to complete their own victory. Zhuangzi, Webbed Toes (Pianmu): To pull out virtue and block one's nature in order to collect fame. Commentary: To extract or remove one's natural virtue.