Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Meat (ròu) 胛 Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 979, Entry 05 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Meeting (Yunhui): Pronounced jia. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): The shoulder blade. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Also defined as closing; where the chest and ribs meet and close. Correct Meaning Thoroughly Comprehended (Zhengzitong): Commonly referred to as the shoulder armor. Biography of Zhang Zong in the History of the Later Han (Houhan Shu): Struck by a spear that pierced the shoulder blade. Annotation: The area between the two upper arms on the back.