You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Kangxi Strokes: 27 Page 1188, Entry 08 Pronounced dang (falling-rising tone) Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): Straightforward speech. Yupian (Jade Chapters): Good speech. Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Ban Gu: I have not seen Master Ban for a long time; today I have again heard straightforward words. Records of the Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi), Biography of Wang Xiu: Loyalty and straight talk were not made clear at the time. Also a name. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biographies of Confucian Scholars: Administrator Huang Dang. Also used interchangeably with the character meaning party or faction. Xunzi, Non-Physiognomy Chapter: Extensive knowledge and uprightness, this is the eloquence of a noble scholar. Commentary: The character meaning party is the same as the character for straightforward speech. It means honest words. Pronounced dang (falling tone). Speech that is reasonable. Also written in a variant form (dang). Pronounced tang (falling-rising tone). Beautiful speech.