Chou Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Earth (tǔ) Yu Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 233, Entry 30 According to the Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun), the pronunciation is yu. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), the pronunciation is yu. A grave. According to the Dialects (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong: In the regions of Qin and Jin, a burial mound is called yu. In general, terms such as grave, mound, hillock, ridge, embankment, boundary, cemetery, and barrow are all different names for a burial mound.