Xu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Page (yè) Kangxi strokes: 18 Page 1406, Entry 01 Pronounced e. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to the forehead. See the detailed entry for the character e. It is also used in a rhyming context pronounced e. As recorded in the Ballad of the City (Chengzhong yao) from the Book of the Later Han (Houhan shu): In the city they like high chignons, one foot high in the four directions. In the city they like wide eyebrows, the four directions are soon half-forehead. The word foot is pronounced chuo.