You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 1149, Entry 01 Pronounced é. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Same as the character variant (é). It means false, erroneous, or incorrect. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes (Xiao Ya): The people’s false speech, why does no one punish them? Commentary (Zhuan): False, meaning deceitful. Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen) and History of Song (Song Shu), Treatise on the Five Elements (Wuxing Zhi): Both cite the Book of Odes (Shijing) using the variant (é). Also, from the Literary Expositor (Erya), Treatise on Explanations (Shigu): To speak. Annotation: The world considers strange or deceptive talk to be (é). History of the Former Han (Qian Han Shu), Biography of Zhai Fangjin: The people’s false rumors. Chronicles of Wu (Wu Zhi), Biography of Sun Hao: Strange and false reports rising everywhere. Also, from the Literary Expositor (Erya), Treatise on Explanations (Shiyan): To transform. Book of Documents (Shujing), Canon of Yao (Yaodian): Order the works of the south. Commentary (Zhuan): (é) means to transform. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of the Five Emperors (Wudi Ji): Written as (é). Hidden Meanings (Suoyin): Written as (wéi), meaning that which ought to be done. Comprehensive Reading (Dushutong): Also used interchangeably with (wěi). History of the Former Han (Qian Han Shu), Biography of Wang Mang: Every county must weed the fields to encourage the southern transformation. Annotated by Shigu: (wěi) is read as (é), meaning to transform. Also, from the Literary Expositor (Erya), Treatise on Explanations (Shigu): To move. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes (Xiao Ya): Some sleep and some move. Commentary (Zhuan): (é) means to move. Han Version of the Odes (Han Shi): Written as (é), meaning to awaken. Also, from the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Used interchangeably with (é). Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wang (Wang Feng): Wishing to sleep without moving. Commentary (Zhuan): (é) also means to move. Originally also written as (é). Also, a name of a beast. Classic of Divine Marvels (Shen Yijing): In the southwestern wilderness, there appears the (é) beast; it is shaped like a rabbit with a human face, capable of speech. It often deceives people, saying east when it means west, and saying evil when it means good. Its meat is delicious; eating it causes one to speak untruths. It is also called (dàn). Also, a name for a snake. Enhanced Encyclopedia (Piya): In the records of Enping Commandery, a snake is called (é). Also, a name for a fire. Liu Zongyuan, Poem Expressing Old Feelings (Shujiu Yanhuaishi): The wild fire burns rapidly. Annotation: Wild fire. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing) writes it as (é). Also, a surname. Book of Tang (Tang Shu), Treatise on the Southern Barbarians (Nanman Zhuan): Beside the new security wall of Xizhou, there are six barbarian clans; the third is the (é) barbarian. History of Song (Song Shi), Annals of Emperor Zhenzong: The Xixia state inspector (é) Boluo. Also, from the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced é. Also means to move.