Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Plow (lèi) Jia Kangxi strokes: 11 Page 963, Entry 10 Pronounced jia. According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Rhyme Gathering (Yunhui), the pronunciation is jia. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it is a flail. Originally written as jia. Now written as jia. According to the Extended Rhymes (Guangyun), it is a flail used for threshing grain, called yang in the Huainan region.