You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Foot (zú) Character: Ju Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 1228, Entry 02 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced ju. Jade Chapter (Yupian): Ju means to kick or trample. Also in Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ju. The meaning is the same. Also in Sea of Characters (Pianhai): Also written as ju. The game of kickball is played with a leather object filled with soft material; it is what we now call a ball.