Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Sickness (bìng) Zha Kangxi stroke count: 10 Page 772, Entry 05 According to the Sound Dictionary (Jiyun), pronounced cha. Zha-jia, to be very ill. Also, according to the Broad Dictionary (Guangyun) and the Sound Dictionary (Jiyun), pronounced zha. Refers to a sore or wound that does not heal. According to Zhu's Collected Medical Experiences (Zhu Shi Jiyan Fang), when Emperor Renzong of the Song dynasty suffered from mumps, the Taoist monk Zanning ground seven small red beans into a powder and applied it to the area, which cured him immediately. Also, according to the Sound Dictionary (Jiyun), pronounced zha. The meaning is the same.