Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Huá Kangxi stroke count: 9 Page 260, Entry 04 Broad Rimes (Guangyun) and Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced huó. Deceitful, ashamed. Yangzi's Dialects (Fangyan): Sly or cunning can also be called huá. People in Jianping Commandery now call deceitful behavior huá. Tang Rimes (Tangyun): Pronounced kuò. Same meaning as above. Appearance is ugly. Also pronounced huǒ. Meaning is the same.