Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Ya Kangxi strokes: 7 Page 180, Entry 08 According to the Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), the collected rhymes (Jiyun), the rhyme gathering (Yunhui), and the correct rhymes (Zhengyun), it is pronounced ya. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it is the appearance of an open mouth. Han Yu's Poem on the Lunar Eclipse says, like a mouth opening ya ya. Also, han-ya refers to the appearance of a vast and empty mountain valley. According to the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Sima Xiangru's Rhapsody on the Imperial Park (Shanglin Fu) states, han-ya huo-xia. The commentary states this refers to the form of a mountain valley. Ya is pronounced hu-jia. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it describes a very vast and empty appearance. Ban Gu's Rhapsody on the Western Capital (Xidu Fu) says, ya the surrounding moats to form pools. According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), it is pronounced ya. According to the Broad Rhymes, it is ba-ya. Han Yu's Poem on the Lunar Eclipse says, the teeth and horns are so ya ya. Note that in Han Yu's Poem on the Lunar Eclipse, the phrase like a mouth opening ya ya was changed by some to ya-ya to avoid repetitive rhyming, but they did not know that the character ya appears twice in the nine-ma rhyme category of the Tang Rhyme, with different pronunciations and meanings. Han's poem is not using repetitive rhymes. The Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Categorized Chapters (Leipian) deleted the pronunciation of wu-jia, which is incorrect. Also, rhyming with hu-he, it is pronounced he. Han Yu's Poem on Miscellaneous Matters of Dongfang Shuo says, the Queen Mother heard this and laughed, the palace guards assisted with ya ya. They do not know of the ten thousand times ten thousand people, who are born and buried in the mud and sand. Sha rhymes with the sound of suo.