You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Page 1180, Entry 22 Pronounced ying (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): To answer with words. Also pronounced ying. Yupian: To respond. Leipian: To answer words. Zengyun: To use words to reply to an inquiry. Su Shi, Poem in Remembrance of Ziyou: From afar I know that while you read the Book of Changes (Yijing) beneath the western window, the sound of carriages and horses knocking at the door will certainly not receive a response. Also, in the Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), it is commonly written as the variant form (ying). Li Mi, Memorial on Feelings (Qingbiao): Within, there is no five-foot child to answer the door. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Originally written as the variant form. Jiyun: Sometimes written as the variant form (ying).