You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Er (er) Kangxi stroke count: 13 Page 1160, Entry 06 Broad Glossary (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) state it is pronounced li (falling tone). Broadly Elegant (Guangya) defines it as to entice or lure. It is also used in personal names, such as Xier and Ruer, found in History of Song (Songshi), Table of the Imperial Clan. Also, according to Broad Glossary (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced er. The meaning is the same. Also, according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced chi. The meaning is to humiliate, having the same meaning as the character for shame (chi).