Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Ya Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 265, Entry 01 Guangyun, Jiyun, Yunhui, Zhengyun: Pronounced ya. Erya, Explanation of Kinship: Two men who have married sisters address each other as ya, meaning they are next to or secondary to one another. Commonly written as ya.