Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: Ge Kangxi Stroke Count: 10 Page 191, Entry 20 Pronounced ge (third tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Simple and Compounding Characters): To permit or to be feasible. Composed of the character for feasible (ke) with a phonetic indicator. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes of the Kingdom: It is better for the rich; pity these solitary and alone. Also: It is better to be able to speak. Yu Pian (Jade Chapters): Excellent or commendable. Yun Bu (Rhyme Supplement): Also has the variant pronunciation ge (first tone), used as an end rhyme. Yang Xiong, Taixuan Jing (Great Mystery): At the time of the dim-sighted head, failing to obtain its excellence, men break their hairpins, women change their ge (head ornament). Commentary: The character ge is a loan character for jia, which refers to a woman’s head ornament. The term excellence (jia) is also pronounced ge (first tone).