You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) 讘 Kangxi Strokes: 25 Page 1187, Entry 24 Pronounced zhe. In the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is also noted as pronounced zhe, with the same sound as the word for fearful. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it means to speak excessively. See also the entry for this character. A detailed explanation can be found in the note under that character. It is also the name of a county. According to the Geography Treatise of the Former Han History (Qian Hanshu), there was a Hu-zhe County, which was under the jurisdiction of Hedong Commandery. It also appears as a personal name. Bi-zhe and Zhe are mentioned in the Table of the Imperial Clan in the History of Song (Song Shi). Also, in the Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun), the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and the Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), it is pronounced zhe, with the same sound as the word for whisper. Used in the term zhan-zhe. A detailed explanation can be found in the note under the character zhan. The Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi) originally wrote the character as this entry. The Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) suggests it is sometimes written as the characters for whisper or cliff. It is also written as the character for delirious speech.