Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced qia. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui): Pronounced qia. The pronunciation is the same as jie. The meaning is to peel or skin. There is a line in the poetry of Han Yu that reads, ruined faces, shattered, branded, and peeled. The commentary explains: marking characters on the face is called branded, and peeling the face is called peeled. Also, in Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced jia. The pronunciation is the same as jia. The meaning is the same.