Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Grain (hé) Character: Zhuo Kangxi Stroke Count: 17 Page 860, Entry 27 Pronounced zhuo. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it is written as a variant form. It refers to early harvested grain. It also refers to grain harvested while still raw, known as zhuo. According to the Commentary on the Book of Rites (Liji), Inner Chapters (Neize), zhuo is a term for retraction or shrinking; it implies harvesting while still raw, and thus the substance of the grain has shrunk.