Zi Collection, Page Position: Upper, Radical: Mouth (kǒu), Page 74, Entry 08 Pronounced jue (falling tone). Means to pierce through, empty. "Explanations of Characters (Shuowen Jiezi)" explains it as the appearance of emptiness. Also, in "Collected Rhymes (Jiyun)", there is a pronunciation of jue (falling tone). There is also a pronunciation of xue (falling tone). The meaning is the same. The original character is written as 䆷. It is also written as 䆝.