Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Flute (yuè) Kangxi stroke count: 26 Page 1538, Entry 35 Pronounced xié Pronounced xié Equivalent to xié. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to the harmonizing of sounds produced by musical instruments. The Document of Yu (Yushu) states: The eight types of musical instruments can be brought into harmony. Nowadays it is written as xié. For detailed annotations, see the section for Radical: Speech (yán), nine strokes.