Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 436, Entry 16 Tang Dynasty Rhymes (Tangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced qing (falling tone). Extensive Elegant (Boya): To hold. Also, to grasp. Also, according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced qian (falling tone). The meaning is the same. Also used interchangeably with qian. Six Scripts System (Liushu tong): To use human effort is called qing.