You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Entry: 19 strokes Page 1180, Entry 03 Jade Chapters (Yupian) pronunciation: se (falling tone); Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) pronunciation: se (entering tone); pronounced se. To speak excessively. Also, the compound sa-ta, meaning to speak incessantly. Also, difficult or arduous. In Seven Remonstrances (Qi Jian) by Dongfang Shuo: language that is slow and difficult. Also, in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Classified Dictionary (Leipian), pronunciation: nao (rising tone); pronounced nao. Same as the word for brain.