You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Character: 諀 Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 1166, Entry 10 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced pi (rising tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced pi (rising tone) The sound is equivalent to the character pi (rising tone) Extended Elegant (Guangya): To criticize; to speak ill of. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Evil speech. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written in a variant form (bi). Additionally, per Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced bei (level tone). The term pi-zi refers to the act of speaking ill of someone or praising them unfairly.