Phase | Wood | Fire | Earth | Metal | Water | N/A |
Organs | Liver, Gallbladder | Heart, Small Intestine | Spleen, Stomach | Lungs, Large Intestine | Kidneys, Bladder | Triple Burner(1) |
Emotional Excess | Anger | Joy (Excitement) | Brooding | Sorrow | Fear | N/A |
Chia | 3. Shhhhhhh, sub-vocally. | 4. Hawwwwwww, sub-vocally. | 5. Whoooooo, 'made sub-vocally and felt in the vocal chords.' | 1. Ssssssss, subvocally. | 2. 'Round the lips and silently make the sound one makes in blowing out a candle.' | 6. Heeeeeee, sub-vocally. |
Cohen | 3. Sh, 'as though saying 'Hushhh, be quiet.' At the end of the sh, form your mouth into the U shape.' | 4. Ho, 'identical to hoo in the word 'hook'.' | 5. Hooo, 'just like the word 'who'.' | 1. See-ahh, 'a barely audible prolonged chant' | 2. Chrroooeee, 'low chant' | 6. Seeee 'While making the sound, form the mouth into a smiling shape.' |
Dantao | 1. Xu (pronounced Shew, vocalized) | 2. Ho (vocalized) | 3. Fu (vocalized) | 4. Xi (pronounced See, vocalized) | 5. Chu (pronounced Chew, vocalized) | 6. Hey (vocalized, rhymes with 'play') |
Davis | 3. Shoo (same as sound for Metal, but with lips rounded) | 4. Khe (initial consonant is between K and H, with lips shaped as if to make the 'uh' sound in 'put') | 6. Hoo (like blowing out a candle) | 1. Shhh (like telling someone to be quiet) | 2. Chway (whispered) | 5. Sssssss |
Olson | 1. Shoo | 2. Haa | 3. Hoo | 4. Sss | 5. Foo | 6. Shee |
Ni | 4. Shu | 1. Ho | 2. Hu | 3. Szz | 6. Fu | 5. Shi (relates to gallbladder rather than triple burner) |
Reid | 1. Hsü, 'as 'shoo,' with lips pursed, but softened by the umlaut over the vowel.' | 2. Her, 'as 'her,' but without the final 'r,' with mouth open, tip of tongue pressed against lower teeth, and syllable aspirating in the top of the throat on exhalation.' | 3. Hoo, 'who,' with the lips rounded and the tongue suspended in mid-mouth, as if blowing out a candle.' | 4. Sss, 'as in 'hiss,' without the initial 'hi-,' with your tongue behind the lower teeth and the upper and lower lips slightly parted.' | 5. Chway, 'as in 'way' with a 'ch' in front. Lips slightly pursed on the initial 'ch,' then relaxed and open on the final 'way'.' | 6. Shee, 'she,' with the teeth slightly parted and lips formed in a small smile.' |