咏 · Li Si
Yǒng (3rd tone). 《说文·言部》: 「詠，歌也。从言永声。咏，詠或从口。」 — ‘to sing; from speech, with 永 (long) as phonetic’, and 咏 is the listed variant written with a mouth. The choice of 永 is not arbitrary: 《尚书·舜典》 states the theory — 「诗言志，歌永言」, poetry speaks the $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart