Wu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Jade (yù) qiu Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 732, Entry 29 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced qiu. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced qiu. Explained Characters (Shuowen): A jade chime. Book of Documents (Shangshu), chapter "Benefiting the Generations" (Yiji): Kui said, "Strike the sounding jade chime." The Commentary says: Qiu is a jade chime. Also, Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun): A beautiful jade. Book of Documents (Shangshu), chapter "Testamentary Charge" (Guming): The heavenly jade and the Map of the River were in the eastern chamber. Book of Odes (Shijing), "Odes of Shang" (Shangsong): Received the small jade and the large jade. The Commentary says: Qiu is jade. Also, Ryukyu, a country name. Detailed in the note under the character liu later. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced qiu. Name of a beautiful jade. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes also written in a variant form (qiu).