Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower Radical: Speech (yán) Page 1142, Entry 09 According to the Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun), it is pronounced dou (falling tone). According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced dou (falling tone). The sound is the same as the character pronounced dou (falling tone). It refers to the term dou-dou, which means speech that is gentle, compliant, and apt. It is also written as the variant form dou.