Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) Yue Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 552, Entry 06 Pronounced yue (falling tone). In the Yu Pian (Jade Chapters), it is stated that the people of Chu refer to the shade created by the meeting of two trees as yue. In the Huainanzi (Masters of Huainan), Human World Teachings: King Wu fanned a man beneath the shade of a tree. In the Book of Tang (Tangshu), Biography of Princess Taiping: The torches were arranged in continuous succession, and the trees along the road were withered by the heat.