Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Stone (shí) Kangxi strokes: 10 Page 828, Entry 27 Yu Pian (Jade Chapters) states it is pronounced ya. Jiyun (Collected Rhymes) states it is pronounced zha. Pian Hai (Sea of Chapters) defines it as a stone. Also, according to Guangyun (Broad Rhymes), it is pronounced zuo. In the Song Shu (Book of Song), Music Treatise, it is written: Traveling in the monarch's mountain, truly existing, steep and rocky, appearing as if by spirit. Additionally, according to Guangyun (Broad Rhymes), it refers to the surface of a stone. It is also used in personal names.