Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 198, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced die Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): Pronounced die Jade Chapters (Yupian): Fluent speech. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): To speak much. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Account of the Xiongnu: Alas, the people of the earth houses, naturally they do not have many words, causing them to chatter and stammer. Commentary: Chatter refers to a glib mouth. Fu Qian says: Mouth and tongue are called die. It is commonly written as a variant form (die). History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Biography of Zhang Shizhi: Chatter, a glib mouth. Note: In the Records of the Grand Historian, it is written as a variant form (die). Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): The appearance of blood flowing. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Annals of Emperor Wen: Blood-splattered. Commentary: Shigu says: Die, pronounced die, the original character should be written as a variant form (die). Die means to tread or wade through. Note: In the Records of the Grand Historian, Annals of Emperor Wen, it is written as a variant form (die). Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced die Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced die Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): The appearance of blood flowing. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written as a variant form (she). Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zha Jade Chapters (Yupian): To eat greedily. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Feeding, as ducks and geese eat. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced qie In the Jiangnan region, stuttering is called die. Sea of Compendiums (Pianhai): Erroneously written as a variant form.