Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Hua Kangxi strokes: 20 Page 1321, Entry 10 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced hua. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced hua. Jade Chapters (Yupian): A spade. Explanations of Names (Shiming): A spade, sometimes written in a variant form (hua). The hua is a tool used for digging holes in the ground. Yang Xiong’s Dialects (Fangyan): A spade, referred to as a hua in the region between the states of Song and Wei. Huainanzi, Treatise on the Spirit (Jingshen Xun): The commentary on the text regarding raising a hoe or spade notes that the spade is the hua. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Identical to the characters for another type of spade (hua) and (wu).