Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Stone (shí) Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 831, Entry 01 Pronounced che. In the Expanded Dictionary of Sounds (Guangyun), pronounced che. In the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), pronounced che. According to the Erya (Boya), chequ is a stone inferior to jade. Also commonly written as chequ. According to the Central Records (Zhongji), chequ comes from the country of India (Tianzhu). According to the Dictionary of Correct Characters (Zhengzitong), it is sometimes read as ju, with the same meaning.