You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) 12 Kangxi strokes Page 1154, Entry 03 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collection Rhymes (Jiyun), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) state the pronunciation is yang (falling tone). Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen) defines it as knowing something early. Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun) defines it as wisdom. Also, per Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), and per Collection Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), the pronunciation is yang (rising tone). Also, per Jade Chapters (Yupian), the pronunciation is ying; per Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), the pronunciation is ying; per Collection Rhymes (Jiyun), the pronunciation is ying. The meaning is the same. Also, per Broad Elegance (Boya), it means to ask. Per Categorized Compilation (Leipian), it means to tell. Also, per Collection Rhymes (Jiyun), the pronunciation is ang. It refers to a sound. It is identical to a variant form. Sometimes also written in a variant form.