Shen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Insect (chóng) Die Kangxi Strokes: 14 Page 1086, Entry 20 Pronounced xie (falling tone) Pronounced xie (falling tone), same pronunciation as xie (falling tone). In the Yu Pian (Jade Chapters), jia die is the name of a type of insect. In the Bo Ya (Broad Refinements), jia die is also called bie fu. This character is sometimes also written in a variant form. Also pronounced die (falling tone), same pronunciation as die (falling tone). Refers to jia die. In the Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Single-component Characters and Analyzing Compound Characters), Xu Xuan states: The popular form of this character is written as die. Detailed explanation can be found in the entry for the character die.