Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Sickness (bù) Entry: 瘶 Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 779, Entry 27 According to the Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun) and the Collected Rhymes (Jiyin), the pronunciation is sou (falling tone). It refers to the ailment of coughing. It is identical to the character for cough found under the Mouth radical.