Wu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Tile (wǎ) Dì Kangxi Stroke Count: 16 Page 751, Entry 20 Guangyun (Dictionary of Rhymes) records the pronunciation as dì. Jiyun (Collected Rhymes), Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes), and Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes) all record the pronunciation as dì. Yupian (Jade Chapters): A roof tile or brick. Erya (Approaching Elegance), Explaining Palaces: Roof tiles and bricks are referred to as brick. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Tang, In the Middle of Tang: The text mentions bricks, which refers to roof tiles and bricks. Zhang Xie, Miscellaneous Poems: Roof tiles and bricks boast of their beauty like fine jade, while fish eyes mock the bright pearl.