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Yüeh see.

Ya is composed of 隹 chui short-tailed birds (obsolete) as radical, and 牙 ya teeth as phonetic, and originally meant a crow, daw, etc., for which 鴉, with 鳥 niao birds, has been substituted. It came to mean refined, but is here the title of a section of the Book of Poetry, subdivided into Lesser Ya and Greater Ya, the former being sung at ordinary entertainments given by the suzerain, and the latter on grand occasions when the feudal princes were gathered together.

Sung is composed of 頁 yeh head as radical, with 公 kung as phonetic. It originally meant the countenance and was pronounced jung. Later on it came to mean to praise, a sacrificial ode, and is now commonly used in letters to express a wish or prayer.

Hao see.

Ssŭ see.

Shih see.

Tang see.

Fêng is composed of 言 yen words as radical, with 風 fêng wind as phonetic. It has now come to mean to ridicule, to lampoon.