Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower Radical: Strike (pū) Page 1350, Entry 07 According to the Extensive Rhyme Dictionary (Guangyun) and the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the pronunciation is chuo. It is pronounced the same as the word meaning to reach far. It means to bestow or to stab. The compound word chuo-chu indicates pain. It is also pronounced zhuo. It is pronounced the same as the word meaning muddy. It means to pound with a pestle or to build by tamping.