Yin Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Step (chì) Entry: jia Kangxi Stroke Count: 12 Page 369, Entry 12 Tang Dynasty Rhyme Dictionary (Tangyun): Pronounced jia (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): Pronounced jia (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Means to arrive. Dialects (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong: Jia means to arrive. In the regions of Bin, Tang, Ji, and Yan, it is called jia, or sometimes ge. Also, per Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced jia (falling tone). Also, per Classified Chapters (Leipian): Pronounced ge. The meaning is the same. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): One variant is written as jia. Also equivalent to jia (meaning distant). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Jia is sometimes written as jia.