Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower Radical: Ten (shí) Character: Zhuo Kangxi stroke count: 8 Page 156, Entry 29 Ancient form. Pronounced zhuo. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Writing and Analysis of Characters) states: high. Morning is considered high. In clerical script, it is written as zhuo. Yangzi Fayan (Model Sayings) states: Yan suffered because of the high standard of Confucius. Note: Yan suffered no other reason, he only suffered because the Way of Confucius was exceptionally high and firm. Also, in Shiming (Explanation of Names): to surpass and excel. To raise a foot is to be excellent and outstanding. Also a surname. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Zhuo Mao: Zhuo Mao, courtesy name Zikang, was a man from Wan in Nanyang.