You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Shen Kangxi stroke count: 13 Page 1159, Entry 02 Pronounced shen Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): To convey words. Xu says: To convey one's words first. Guangya (Broad Refinement): To ask. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): The speech of many people. Also Yu Pian (Jade Chapters): Numerous. Book of Odes (Shijing), Zhou Nan: The wings of the locusts, many and numerous. Commentary: Numerous. Also the appearance of harmony and gathering. History of Northern Dynasties (Bei Shi), Biography of Zhou Hongzheng: The younger generation gathered in large numbers, not lacking in those who handed down the learning. History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Biography of Zhang: The sons and younger brothers who followed him were numerous. Also Jiyun (Collected Rhymes): Pronounced xian. Meaning is the same.