Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Leather (gé) Kangxi stroke count: 24 Page 1392, Entry 33 Pronounced wa (falling tone) Broad Glossary of Sounds (Guangyun): Socks. Han Feizi (Hanfeizi): King Wen had the cord of his socks come loose, so he tied it himself. Broad Glossary of Sounds (Guangyun): Originally written as the variant form (wa). For details, see the note for the character (wa) under the Radical: Leather (wéi).