You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Nan Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 1171, Entry 14 Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), Collected Rhymes (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced nan. Same as the character meaning to mutter. Jade Chapters (Yupian): The sound of speech. Categorized Chapters (Leipian): Noisy speech. Also a personal name; Xi Nan and Meng Nan appear in the History of Song (Songshi), Table of the Imperial Clan. Also, in Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced nan; in Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced nan; in Collected Rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced nan (level tone). Meaning to murmur or mutter. Also, nan nan, the appearance of someone talking too much. Han Yu, Poem Looking Toward Autumn (Wangqiu Shi): Discussing poetry and reciting compositions, talking incessantly (nan nan). Also, in Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced nan (departing tone). Categorized Chapters (Leipian): Nan xiao, a private scolding. Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written as a variant form (nan). Shu Xi wrote it as a variant form (nan).