Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Entry: Ba Kangxi Stroke Count: 8 Page 257, Entry 13 Tang Dynasty Rhymes (Tangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ba. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): A beautiful woman. Also interchangeable with ba (a drought demon). Guide to Characters (Wenzi Zhigui): Female demon ba is bald with no hair; where she dwells, the sky does not rain. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced bo. Among the Qiang people, a wife is called ba.