Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Ear (ěr) 聧 Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 968, Entry 33 Pronounced kui. In Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced kui. In Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Anthology (Yunhui), pronounced kui. In Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), pronounced kui. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means ears that do not listen to one another. According to the Regionalisms (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong, it refers to a severe state of deafness, as termed in the regions between the states of Qin and Jin. Additionally, according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), another definition is to whisper privately.