You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Character: Shen Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 1156, Entry 06 Pronounced tao According to the Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun) and the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the pronunciation is the same as tao. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), shen refers to speech that lacks restraint. According to the Classified Chapters (Leipian), it refers to repeating the same words over and over. Another interpretation suggests it refers to a small child speaking with unclear articulation. According to the Collection of Oceanic Records (Pianhai), it is incorrectly written as the character for speech.