Wei Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Net (wǎng). Entry: Guà. Kangxi stroke count: 14. Page 948, Entry 17. According to Collected Rimes (Jiyun) and Dictionary of Rimes (Yunhui), it is pronounced huà. Sometimes written as a variant form. It means to obstruct. It is commonly written as a variant form (guà). Also, according to Collected Rimes (Jiyun), it is pronounced guǎi. Sometimes written as a variant form. It refers to the square spaces on a game board. From New Treatise (Xinlun) by Huan Tan: To make all the dead pieces within the squares live again. From Treatise on Gambling (Boyilun) by Wei Yao: What one engages in is nothing more than the space within the square markings.