You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Carriage (chē) Ba Kangxi Stroke Count: 12 Page 1242, Entry 10 Pronounced ba. According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), and the Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), it is pronounced ba. The Broad Rhymes states it is the name of a sacrifice performed before setting out on a journey. In the Book of Odes (Shijing), it is written: Take a ram for the ba sacrifice. The commentary notes this refers to sacrificing to the deity of the road. In the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), under the Ministry of Summer, it is written: The Grand Charioteer is in charge of the jade carriage for sacrifices and the ba sacrifice. The commentary notes: Sacrificing while traveling in the mountains is called ba. To perform the rite, one piles earth to resemble a mountain, uses grasses and thorny cypress branches to represent the spirit tablet, and after the sacrifice, drives the carriage over it to signify the removal of danger and obstacles. Also, according to the Broad Rhymes, the Collection of Rhymes, and the Rhyme Collection, it is pronounced pei. The meaning is the same. Textual research: In the Rites of Zhou, under the Ministry of Summer, it states the Grand Charioteer is in charge of the jade carriage for sacrifices and the ba sacrifice. We have carefully amended the text by adding the character for carriage after the word charge.