You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) 15 strokes Page 1168, Entry 12 According to Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced hao. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means to wail. According to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is sometimes written as a variant form (hao). It also appears in names. According to the History of Song (Songshi), specifically the Table of the Imperial Clan, there was a man gifted the title of Gentleman for Court Service named Shihao. Additionally, according to the Jade Compendium (Yupian), it is pronounced xia. According to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Compendium of Rhymes (Yunhui), it is also pronounced xia. According to the Classified Chapters (Leipian), it means to deceive. It is also written as a variant form. According to the Jade Compendium (Yupian), it is also written as a variant form. Furthermore, according to the Erroneous Habits of Various Characters (Exi zhuzi), the character was originally the same as the character for frighten, pronounced xia. Nowadays, it is mistakenly pronounced as hu. Finally, according to the Jade Compendium (Yupian) and the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), it is pronounced hua. According to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is also pronounced hua. It is identical to the character for tear apart. According to the Supplement to the Collection of Characters (Zihui bu), it is erroneously written as a variant form, which is incorrect.