Chen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Sun (rì) Ye Kangxi Stroke Count: 16 Page 500, Entry 08 According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and the Rhyme Gathering (Yunhui), pronounced ye (falling tone). According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced ye (falling tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), written as the variant form, meaning light. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), the appearance of thunder and lightning. In the Biography of Zhang Heng in the History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), it states the lightning shone brightly into the night. The commentary notes that ye means light. In the Narrative Account in the History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), it states the founding emperor was magnificent. The commentary notes that ye ye means a flourishing appearance. According to the Broad Elegant (Boya), ye means bright. According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced yu (falling tone). According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced yu (rising tone). The meaning is the same.