You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Character: 讁 Kangxi Stroke Count: 22 Page 1185, Entry 30 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Same as the character pronounced zhe. Small Elegant Criteria (Xiao Erya): To reproach or rebuke. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Bei: The members of the household all together reproach me. Commentary: To rebuke or blame. Discourses of the States (Zhouyu): The Qin army will surely have fault. Annotation: Similar to blaming or assigning guilt. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Annals of Emperor Wu: Sentenced government officials to excavate the Kunming Pool. Shigu Annotation: Those officials who had committed crimes were sent to perform forced labor. Also, Yangzi Dialect (Fangyan): A mistake or fault. In the region south of Southern Chu, whenever people criticize or blame one another, it is called zhe. Guo Annotation: Zhe is pronounced ze (rising tone), referring to a crime or fault. It is also pronounced shi (falling tone), referring to punishment for a crime. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Commonly used as the character pronounced shi (falling tone). Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Shang: Do not bring disaster upon us. Mao Commentary: A mistake or fault. Han School of Poetry says: To scold or berate. Zhu Commentary: The character shi (falling tone) and zhe are interchangeable. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Annals of Emperor Wu: Sent those of the seven categories of criminal status in the world to the northern frontiers. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Account of Dayuan: Written as the seven categories of criminal status using the character pronounced shi (falling tone).