You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Entry: He Kangxi Stroke Count: 13 Page 1157, Entry 02 Pronounced he According to the Tang Rhyme (Tangyun) and the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the pronunciation is he. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means to harmonize. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is also pronounced ge. It means to bring words together. According to the Six Books Unity (Liushutong), it is formed by the characters for speech and together, meaning to bring together the opinions of the masses. Originally, it was written as the character for together.