Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Character: Yue Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 891, Entry 06 According to Broad Rimes (Guangyun) and Collected Rimes (Jiyun), it is pronounced yao (falling tone). It refers to the joint of a bamboo stalk. According to the Bamboo Treatise (Zhupu), the joint of bamboo is called yue. Also, according to Broad Rimes (Guangyun), it is pronounced yue (entering tone). According to Collected Rimes (Jiyun) and Rime Collection (Yunhui), it is pronounced yue (entering tone). According to Corrected Rimes (Zhengyun), it is pronounced yue (entering tone). It refers to a small bamboo flute (yue). According to the Literary Expositor (Erya), in the section Explaining Music, the large flute is called the chan, the middle one is called the zhong, and the small one is called the yue.