Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Character: Ya Kangxi strokes: 11 Page 265, Entry 23 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced ya. Er Ya (Erya), Explaining Relations: Two husbands of sisters call each other ya, meaning they are next to or secondary to one another. Commonly written as ya.