Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: an Kangxi strokes: 9 Page 187, Entry 20 Pronounced e. According to the Expanded Dictionary of Sounds and Rhymes (Guangyun) and the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the sound is e. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it means to eat. Also, according to the Expanded Dictionary of Sounds and Rhymes (Guangyun), it means whispering. According to the Erudite Refinements (Boya), it means to stop. Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced an (falling tone), it means the sound of stopping.