Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: Zuo Kangxi Strokes: 23 Page 215, Entry 25 According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced ca; according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced ca. In the Jade Chapters (Yupian), written originally as the character for a bustling sound. According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), written originally as the character for to praise. See the notes for the previous two characters for details. In the Western Capital Rhapsody (Dongjing Fu) by Zhang Heng: The drums sounded with a clamorous din. Also, in the Book of Northern Zhou (Beizhou Shu), Biography of Foreign Lands: The Hephthalites (Yeda), located west of Khotan. Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced nie; in the Jade Chapters (Yupian), written originally as a variant. See the notes for the previous character for details. Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced nie. Written originally as a variant. To deliberate on a crime. Same as the character for a judicial decision (yan). Also, according to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), an ancient form of the character for to condole (yan). See the notes under the seven-stroke section for details.