Xu Collection, Upper Volume. Radical: Metal (jīn). Kangxi strokes: 13. Page 1299, Entry 29. Jade Sea (Yupian) provides the pronunciation as bing (falling tone), sounding the same as bing (handle). Extensive Refined Words (Boya) defines it as meaning solid. Yangzi's Dialects (Fangyan) defines it as meaning firmly enclosed. The commentary states: it refers to the meaning of solid. The pronunciation is bing (handle). Furthermore, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) provides the pronunciation as bing (rising tone), sounding the same as bing (third heavenly stem). The meaning is the same.