Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) Character: ye Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 118, Entry 08 Yu Pian (Jade Chapters): Pronounced ye. Meaning the appearance of being light and beautiful. Yangzi: Dialects (Fangyan): Yi ye, meaning demeanor. From the pass westward, anything beautiful is called yi, or sometimes ye. In Song and Wei it is called ye; in the regions of Chu, Ru, and Ying, it is called yi. Also in Yu Pian (Jade Chapters): She ye, meaning the appearance of not being stretched out. Citations from Verses of Chu (Chuci): Clothes gathered in folds while wandering at ease.