Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Cave (xué) Kangxi stroke count: 10 Page 864, Entry 23 According to the Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced bing (rising tone). According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced bing (rising tone). In the Erya, Explanations of the Year (Erya, Shisui), the third month is called bing. Guo Pu pronounces it as qiu yong (falling tone). Furthermore, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced bing (falling tone). Also pronounced kuang bing (falling tone). Also pronounced pu bing (falling tone). The meanings are the same. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it refers to a cave. According to the Sea of Documents (Pianhai), it refers to an illness caused by fright. Originally written as bing.