Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) 箝 Kangxi Strokes: 14 Page 888, Entry 10 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced qian (level tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): Pronounced qian (level tone) Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced qian (level tone) To use a lock to secure the neck. Analytical Dictionary of Chinese Characters (Shuowen): Tweezers. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Table of Princes and Kings of Different Surnames (Yixing zhuhou wang biao): To demolish city walls and moats, to melt down weapons, to prohibit speech, and to burn books. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written in a variant form.