Si Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Father (fù) 爺 Kangxi stroke count: 13 Page 690, Entry 11 In the Jade Chapter (Yupian), it is noted that the pronunciation is ye. The pronunciation is the same as ye. In common folk usage, it is a term for father. The Ballad of Mulan (Mulan shi) writes: In military documents of thirty scrolls, every scroll has my father's name.