Zi Collection, Page Position: Upper Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Page 740, Entry 06 According to the Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), it is pronounced ge (rising tone), with a sound identical to nie. In the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it was originally written as a variant form, meaning voices scolding and resisting one another. The character structure is composed of mouth and the component indicating fierce sounds. The pronunciation is like nie. It is written in a variant form in the Jade Chapters (Yupian) and the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun). It is written in a variant form in the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun). It is written in a variant form in the Classified Chapters (Leipian).