Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Kangxi strokes: 19 Page 462, Entry 03 Pronounced chu. To stretch out, to express. Ban Gu, Reply to the Guest's Jest (Da bin xi): To uniquely express one's heart and mind beyond the universe. Also, to spread out, to circulate. Sima Xiangru, Essay on the Feng and Shan Sacrifices (Fengshan shu): To circulate to the infinite and endless. Also, to diffuse, to scatter. Yang Xiong, Hedong Rhapsody (Hedong fu): To stimulate the Six Classics to disseminate praise. Also, to soar or gallop. Zhang Heng, Rhapsody on Thinking of Mystery (Sixuan fu): The eight steeds soar and gallop. Also, from the Jade Chapters (Yupian): To compare, to imitate. Sometimes written in a variant form (tu). Commonly written as (chu).