Chou Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Earth (tǔ) 垚 Kangxi strokes: 9 Page 228, Entry 07 According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced yao. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Rhyme Dictionary (Yunhui), pronounced yao. It is equivalent to the character for Yao. Formed by stacking three earth characters one above another. It symbolizes the shape of something rising high.