You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Yao Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 1149, Entry 16 Broad Rime (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced yao. Same as the word for ominous or seductive (yao). Jade Chapters (Yupian): A calamity. Classified Chapters (Leipian): Auspicious speech. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Annals of Emperor Wen: Repeal the crime of ominous speech. Shigu says: The word used here is the same as the word for ominous or seductive (yao). Great Dai Record of Rituals (Da Dai Liji), Origin of the I Ching: Ominous omens arise frequently. Xunzi, Against the Twelve Masters: Ominous, strange, crafty, and slippery people. Also, Broad Rime (Guangyun): The appearance of clever speech. Also, a personal name. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): Wife of the Flame Emperor, Tingyao, daughter of the Red River. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Originally written in the variant form (zhuang). Correct Meaning Thoroughly Comprehended (Zhengzitong): Commonly written as the variant form (yao).