Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) 噎 Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 208, Entry 28 Pronounced ye. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Food obstructing the throat. Guangyun: Food blockage. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wang: My heart is like it is choked. Commentary: Choked means sorrow preventing one from breathing. Sub-commentary: Choking is the term for the throat being blocked. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Treatise on Ceremonial: The dove is a bird that does not choke. Guangyun: Sometimes written as a variant form (yān). Jiyun: Sometimes written as a variant form (yì). Also, pronounced yi (level tone). The meaning is the same. Sometimes written as a variant form. Also, pronounced yi (fourth tone). Throat pain. Fangyan: Ai means to choke. Note: Both refer to throat pain, pronounced yi (fourth tone). Also, according to the Leipian, pronounced yi (level tone). Identical to the variant form (shà); see the note on that character for details.