Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Turban (jīn) Character: bang Kangxi stroke count: 17 Page 337, Entry 23 Pronounced bang Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced bang. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced bang. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Bangyi, the repairing of silk shoes. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): The trimming of a shoe edge. Origins of the Six Scripts (Liushu gu): Bang refers to a patch or a reinforcement. It is written in a simplified variant form as bang. In general, anything added to the side of an object is referred to as bang.