Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: Yao Kangxi Strokes: 9 Page 186, Entry 16 According to the Extensive Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings (Guangyun), pronounced jiao. According to the Collected Rhythmic Studies (Jiyun), the Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), and the Correct Dictionary of Rhymes (Zhengyun), pronounced jiao, with a sound identical to jiao. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), defined as the cry of a bird. In the poem presented by Xi Kang to the scholar entering the army, there is the phrase, the chirping of the yellow birds. The Collected Rhythmic Studies (Jiyun) notes that this character may also be used as a loanword for jiao. Additionally, according to the Extensive Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings (Guangyun), the Collected Rhythmic Studies (Jiyun), and the Correct Dictionary of Rhymes (Zhengyun), pronounced yao. According to the Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), pronounced yao, with a sound identical to the same word. The Extensive Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings (Guangyun) defines this as a lascivious sound. The Collected Rhythmic Studies (Jiyun) defines the term wa yao as referring to a lascivious sound. Additionally, in the Zhuangzi, within the chapter on the Equality of Things (Qiwulun), there is the phrase referring to the quiet and the biting. The commentary defines the character as a sorrowful and acute sound. Additionally, according to the Collected Rhythmic Studies (Jiyun), pronounced jiao, with a sound identical to jiao. Defined as a type of sound. Additionally, pronounced bao. Identical to the character jiao, meaning to gnaw or bite a bone. Sometimes written in a variant form (nie). Additionally, pronounced hui, with a sound identical to hui. Defined as the sound of the wind.