Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Yu Kangxi stroke count: 17 Page 896, Entry 19 Pronounced yu (rising tone). An imperial garden that commoners were forbidden to enter. Han Dynasty Book of Rites Commentary (Hanshu Yinyi): Cutting bamboo and connecting it with rope to hang up as a barrier, preventing people from entering or exiting freely. The meaning of yu is to defend or block. Same as the character yu.