Zi Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Person (rén). Diào. Kangxi stroke count: 6. Page 95, Number 09. According to the Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun) and the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the pronunciation is a fanqie combination of duō and xiào, and it sounds like diào. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), the compound term diào dāng means inconstant or not regular.