Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Sickness (bìng) Kangxi stroke count: 9 Page 770, Entry 12 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) states it is pronounced xia. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) states it is pronounced xu, with a sound similar to xia. It refers to a disease of the throat. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) states it is pronounced ya. Zha-xia refers to a serious medical condition. It is also pronounced ya. The meaning is the same.