Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Grain (hé) Character: ya Kangxi Stroke Count: 13 Page 854, Entry 21 Broad Rimes (Guangyun) and Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced ya (falling tone); Rime Collection (Yunhui): Pronounced ya (falling tone); Standard Rimes (Zhengyun): Pronounced ya (falling tone), sound ya (falling tone). Ya is the name of a type of rice. Also written as the variant form ya.