Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Sickness (bìng) Gained strokes: 10 Page 772, Entry 08 According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and the Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui), the pronunciation is nía. According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), it refers to the pain from a sore. From the Joint Verses on the Sichuan Campaign by Han Yu: Looking at the scars and sores of the wounded. According to the Supplement to the Collection of Characters (Zihuibu), it is part of the name of the country Varanasi. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the pronunciation is ni. It means to itch.