You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Kangxi Strokes: 16 Page 1173, Entry 01 Pronounced ge (entering tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it means to decorate or to put in order. Another interpretation is to alter or change. According to the Classified Compilation (Leipian), it means to be cautious or careful. It is also used in personal names, such as Yu Jian and Xi Jian, found in the History of Song (Songshi), Table of the Imperial Clan. Pronounced ke. Pronounced jie (entering tone). Pronounced ke (entering tone), with a sound similar to keng in the entering tone. Pronounced ji (entering tone), with the same meaning. In the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is sometimes written in a variant form (ge). The Correct Meaning Treasury (Zhengzitong) explains that the original character form is derived from the Speech radical.