Wu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Jade (yù) Entry: E Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 732, Entry 05 Pronounced e. The appearance of holding a jade tablet (gui). According to the Book of Odes (Shijing), in the Great Odes (Daya) section, the line "holding the jade scepter (zhang) is towering (e e)," shows that the character form should be derived from the radical for mountain and not from the radical for jade.