You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Walk (chuò) Ya Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 1254, Entry 12 Guangyun, Yunhui, and Zhengyun record it as wu jia qie. Jiyun records it as yu jia qie. Pronounced ya. Shuowen Jiezi states: to welcome one another. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Chapter Pan Geng: I welcome and continue your mandate from Heaven. Also, in the Luo Gao chapter: To work in harmony on all sides to welcome peace. Commentary: This refers to welcoming a peaceful administration. It is also used interchangeably with ya. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Autumn Offices, Commentary on the Ya Officer: Ya means to welcome. It is an official position in charge of welcoming guests from all directions. It is also used interchangeably with yu. Book of Odes (Shijing), Shao Nan: One hundred carriages go out to meet her. Also, in the Xiao Ya section: To sacrifice to the ancestors of agriculture. It is also used interchangeably with ya. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Summer Offices, Commentary on the Tian Pu (field superintendent) setting up chariots to drive and block: To drive the birds and beasts to move forward and be captured, and to block and turn them back so they do not exit the perimeter. The character ya was originally written as yu, pronounced jia (falling tone). Textual Research: Also used interchangeably with ya. Rites of Zhou, Summer Offices, Commentary on the Tian Pu setting up chariots to drive and block: To drive the birds and beasts to move forward and be captured, and to block and turn them back so they do not exit the perimeter. Correction: According to the original text, drive and chase has been changed to drive and block, and cannot exit the perimeter has been changed to do not exit the perimeter.