Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: Jia Kangxi strokes: 10 Page 192, Entry 05 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced jia (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced jia (rising tone), read as jia. Explanation from Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): To speak in a confused or disorderly manner. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Jia jia, describing someone who talks excessively. Also written in a variant form. Also pronounced xie (rising tone). Used in personal names. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Account of Joseon: General Wang Jia. Commentary: Ru Chun states: Jia, another pronunciation is xie (rising tone). Also, according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced jia (entering tone), sounds like jia. The meaning is to speak excessively. Also pronounced jian (rising tone), sounds like jia. Refers to a monkey storing food in its cheek pouches, which is called jia.