You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Jiao Kangxi strokes: 19 Page 1181, Entry 04 Broad Rimes of Guangyun (Guangyun): Pronounced jiao (rising tone). Collected Rimes (Jiyun) and Essentials of Rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced jiao (rising tone). Meaning: To talk excessively. Also, to accuse or criticize. Book of Master Xun (Xunzi), Wealth and State chapter: Or if one uses resources without proper ritual, there will certainly be a reputation for greed and accusations. Commentary: To expose someone's crimes. Also, according to Collected Rimes (Jiyun) and Correct Rimes (Zhengyun): Pronounced jiao (rising tone). Meaning: Also means to accuse. Also, according to Broad Rimes of Guangyun (Guangyun) and Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced qiao (departing tone). Meaning: To make mocking remarks.