You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) 謧 Kangxi strokes: 18 Page 1177, Entry 08 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun): Pronounced li. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced li. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): The term li-ye refers to excessive speech. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Deceitful or mocking speech. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): To tease or joke with words. Sometimes written in a variant form. Also, Jade Chapters (Yupian): Pronounced li. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced li. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced li. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Classified Anthology (Leipian): Pronounced lao. The meaning is the same. Note: In Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), this character was originally written with nine strokes. The common version is written as 謧. Compendium of Characters (Zihui) lists it as having eleven strokes, which is an error.