You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) 謚 Kangxi strokes: 17 Page 1175, Entry 23 According to the Tang Rhyme (Tangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced yi. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it describes the appearance of laughing. Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced xi. It describes the sound of laughter. It is sometimes written in a variant form (xi). According to the Correct Meaning Guide (Zhengzitong), it is colloquially used in place of the character meaning posthumous title, which is incorrect.