Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Zhua Kangxi stroke count: 19 Page 901, Entry 49 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced zhua. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhua, sound is zhua. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): A whip. Ma Rong, Rhapsody on the Long Flute (Changdi Fu): Cut to serve as a zhua, making it easy to hold. Commentary: Zhua is a horse whip. The thick ones are called zhua, the thin ones are called mei. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ke. Same as the term (ke). A type of grass. Also, the appearance of being wide and large. One theory states it means hungry.