Zi Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Person (rén). Character: yáo. Kangxi stroke count: 10. Page 107, number 07. Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): fanqie pronunciation derived from hú and máo. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): fanqie pronunciation derived from hé and jiāo. Pronounced like yáo. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): to stab. Another definition describes it as a sound of pain. Also, according to the Family Instructions of the Yan Clan (Yanshi Jiaxun): the Chapter of Cangjie (Cangjiepian) states that the character yáo is glossed as crying out in pain. It is pronounced as the fanqie of yǔ and zuì; currently, people in the north cry this out when in pain. The Classification of Sounds (Shenglei) records the pronunciation as the fanqie of yú and lái; currently, people in the south sometimes cry this out when in pain. These two pronunciations follow regional customs and are both acceptable.