Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Qiu Kangxi strokes: 10 Page 1296, Entry 05 Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Pronounced qiu. Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced qiu. Jade Chapter (Yupian): The tooth of a crossbow. Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Sometimes also written in a variant form. Compilation of Characters from the Sea of Writing (Pianhai leibian): Also written as qiu.