Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Stone (shí) Character: Qie Kangxi Stroke Count: 11 Page 829, Entry 54 Pronounced ke (rising tone). Pronounced ke (rising tone), with the same reading as jie. Erya: Explaining Words (Erya): Qie means solid. Annotation: Solid in a firm manner. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Hard stone. Another source states it means to protrude. Also, in the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced jia. The meaning is the same. Also, in the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), it refers to the appearance of a stone.