Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Ear (ěr) 耶 Kangxi strokes: 9 Page 965, Entry 12 Pronounced ye. Jade Encyclopedia (Yupian): A common variant of the character for crooked (xie). Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): A grammatical particle. Also used to express doubt. Expanded Rhymes (Zengyun): Colloquially used to mean father. Ballad of Mulan (Mulan shi): In every scroll there is the name of a father. Du Fu Poems (Du Fu shi): Seeing my father, I turn my back and weep. Xunzi, Discussion on Military Affairs (Xunzi, Yibing pian): The Mo Ye long blade has a sharp point. Standard Character Mastery (Zhengzitong): The official of Wu, Mo Ye, made precious swords, hence swords are called Mo Ye. Others say Gan Jiang and Mo Ye were the names of a husband and wife who cast swords at that time; therefore the male sword is named Gan Jiang and the female sword is named Mo Ye. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Chunyu Kun: A filthy, crooked lowland. Garden of Stories (Shuoyuan): Written as crooked (xie). Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced ye. Xunzi, Discussion on Forms (Xunzi, Chengxiang pian): Crooked, bent, perverse, and deviating from the path. Supplement to the Rhymes (Yunbu): Rhymes with the sound wo. Han Yu, Epitaph for Master Shi (Han Yu, Shi xiansheng muzhiming): The county is called Wannian, the plain is called Shenhe. Being four feet high, is this Master's tomb.