Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Ran Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 206, Entry 23 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced nian (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced nian (rising tone), similar to the pronunciation of the character with the same form. Explanation in Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): The sound of speech. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): The character with the same form also refers to the sound of speech. Also, Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ran (rising tone), similar to the pronunciation of the character ran. The meaning is the same. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Another definition is to answer or respond.