Yin Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Child (zǐ) Kangxi stroke count: 13 Page 280, Entry 21 Compendium of Phonetics (Jiyun): Pronounced fu. To hatch. Lu Ji states: From hatching to fledgling. Also in Compendium of Phonetics (Jiyun): Pronounced fu (falling tone). To nurture. Sometimes also written in a variant form.