Chou Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Earth (tǔ) 塙 Kangxi strokes: 13 Page 236, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) state it is pronounced que. It has the same sound as que. It means land that is raised. Another interpretation is that the land is hard and immovable. Additionally, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) states it is pronounced qiao. It has the same sound as qiao. It means the soil quality is hard and barren. The characters qiao and qiao are identical in meaning to this character.