You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Jie Kangxi strokes: 18 Page 1177, Entry 31 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced zha. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zha. Same as zha. Shuowen Jiezi: To be foolish or slow. Long Qian: Meaning not yet clarified. Also, Wide Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced jie. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced jie. Meaning is the same. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ju. To chant or sing. Also, Wide Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zha. Jieya (a menacing or harsh appearance). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Same as zha. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zu (falling tone). Same as to curse (zu). Biography of Empress Xu of Emperor Cheng of the Former Han (Qianhan Xiaocheng Xu Huanghou Zhuan): To curse (zu) those in the inner palace who were pregnant, such as Lady Wang and the others. Commentary by Shigu: The character is an ancient form of to curse (zu). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Written as the variant form (zu).