Wu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Jade (yù) Li Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 739, Entry 14 Guangyun (Broad Rhymes) and Jiyun (Collected Rhymes) state the pronunciation is li (falling-rising tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Simple and Analyzing Compound Characters): Originally written as the character for jade blossoms arranged in an orderly manner. Lost Analects (Yi Lunyu): The jade is bright and dense, appearing fierce.