Wu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Jade (yù) Liao Kangxi stroke count: 17 Page 742, Entry 02 Pronounced liao (level tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Single-component Characters and Analyzing Compound Characters) defines it as a type of jade. Also pronounced liao (falling-rising tone). Also pronounced liao (rising tone). The meaning is the same. Also used interchangeably with the character liao. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes of the Kingdom: The scabbard has decorative jade at the top and bottom. The commentary notes that some versions write liao as liao.