Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Clothing (yī) Character: Pa Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 1114, Entry 21 In Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced pa (falling tone). In Categorized Compilation (Leipian), a type of curtain. In Collection of Graphs (Pianhai), it is a variant of the characters pa and pa. See the Cloth radical for detailed information. Also in Collection of Graphs (Pianhai), pronounced mo (falling tone). A forehead covering or head ornament. In Records of Official Carriages and Attire in the Book of Later Han (Houhan Shu, Yufu Zhi), during the period when the State of Qin rose to prominence among the feudal lords, red head coverings called pa were added to the attire of military officers to distinguish between high and low social status.