Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: 噧 Kangxi strokes: 16 Page 209, Entry 40 Pronounced hè. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to elevated breath and loquacious speech. It is composed of the radical for mouth, with the abbreviated form of the character for scorpion serving as the phonetic component. The Commentary of Zuo (Chunqiu Zuozhuan) states: Loquacious speech. Also, pronounced tà. The meaning is the same. Also, pronounced xǐ. This refers to the sound of breath. Another interpretation is loquacious speech. In the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), it is also written in a variant form.