Chou Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Earth (tǔ) Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 237, Entry 02 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced ou (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ou (rising tone). The pronunciation is similar to ou. It means a pile of sand. Another interpretation refers to a grave. Additionally, according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ou. The pronunciation is similar to ou. It means that piling up sand is called ou.