Wu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Jade (yù) Tian Kangxi strokes: 13 Page 734, Entry 17 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) state: Pronounced dian (rising tone). Explaining Characters (Shuowen Jiezi) states: A type of jade. Guangyun, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun) state: Pronounced tian (rising tone). The meaning is the same. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) states: Pronounced dian (falling tone). Same as the character tian. Refers to an earplug made of jade. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) states: Sometimes also written as tian. There is also a variant form.