Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Gate (mén) 12 Kangxi strokes Page 1333, Entry 04 According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced xia. A closed gate. Also pronounced ya. To crack open. In the Shanglin Ode (Shanglin Fu) by Sima Xiangru: The gaping, empty, and yawning. Commentary: Pronounced ha. Gaping and yawning refers to emptiness.