Zi Collection, Upper Volume, Page 5, Entry 07 Radical: Speech (yán) Pronounced ji (falling tone) Recorded in "Tang Yun" and "Ji Yun" as "qin xi qie," pronounced the same as "ji." "Shuowen Jiezi" explains it as the Shu region. Also recorded in "Ji Yun" as "ji ge qie," pronounced the same as "zuo." The meaning is the same. The common variant character is written as [first variant character] and [second variant character].