Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Dog (quǎn) Ya Kangxi strokes: 8 Page 707, Entry 07 Broad Rimes (Guangyun) and Collected Rimes (Jiyun) state: Pronounced ya (falling tone). Jade Chapters (Yupian) records: This is a wild beast resembling a badger. Also, Collected Rimes (Jiyun) states: Pronounced ya. The meaning is the same.