Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Entry: wa Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 448, Entry 12 According to the Sound Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced wa. To grasp or seize objects with the hand. Furthermore, according to the Classified Compendium (Leipian), pronounced wa. In the customs of the Wu region, it is called wa when one grasps objects with the hand. Additionally, according to the Sound Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced hua. People in the Wu region refer to pulling or dragging as wa. Sometimes also written in a variant form (wan).