You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Kangxi Strokes: 14 Page 1161, Entry 24 Pronounced lang (rising tone). The clarity of speech. Same as the character pronounced lang. Also, in the dictionary Jade Chapters (Yupian) and the dictionary Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced lang (falling tone). Idle talk. Also, to tease. Another definition is superficial speech.