Mao Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Axe (jīn) Zhuo Kangxi stroke count: 9 Page 479, Entry 15 According to the Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), the collection of rhymes known as Jiyun, and the dictionary Yunhui, the pronunciation is zhuo. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means to strike. In the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it refers to cutting with a knife. As seen in the Biography of Lu Bu in the History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), he drew his halberd and struck the desk. In the Seven Stimuli (Qi Fa) by Mei Cheng, he ordered Qin Zhi to chop and carve the wood to make a zither. Also, according to the Regional Speech (Fangyan) by Master Yang, in the suburbs of Yangyue, when people insult each other by calling them ignorant, they call it nie, or sometimes zhuo. The commentary states that zhuo is the appearance of being stubborn and obstinate; today, this usage is also common in the speech of the Guanzhong region. Also a surname. According to the Guangyun, there is a Han dynasty double-character surname, Zhuoxu. The He Family Surname Garden (He Shi Xing Yuan) states: today there are people from Pingyang who bear this name. Also, according to the Jiyun, pronounced chuo. Ruzhuo describes the appearance of not understanding or being enlightened.