Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Entry: 搊 Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 445, Entry 42 Pronounced chou. Guangya (Classic of Broad Admonitions): To detain. Liushugu (Fundamentals of the Six Writings): To grasp with the five fingers. Guangyun (Expanded Rhyme Dictionary): To grasp with the hand. Old History of Tang (Tangshu): Liyuezhi (Treatise on Rites and Music): The five-stringed lute is similar to a pipa but smaller. Formerly it was played with a wooden plectrum; the musician Pei Shenfu was the first to play it with his hands. Later generations called this the chou pipa. Also: In Xiliang music and Goryeo music, there is the chou zheng (a type of zither). Pronounced chou (rising tone). To hold. Sometimes written in a variant form. Also, a name for a folding fan. Pronounced ju. To untie or release. Commonly written in a variant form, but this is incorrect.