Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) Character: Cong Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 398, Entry 27 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced zong. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): Pronounced zong. Equivalent to the character cong (joy). Explication of Writing (Shuowen): Means to consider. Composed of the heart radical and the phonetic component cao. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zao. Jade Chapter (Yupian): Means to be in disorder. Also, Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced you. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): Pronounced you. Equivalent to the character you (grief). Approaching Elegance (Erya), Explanation of Words (Shiyan): Means to consider. Also, Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced qiu. Meaning is the same. Note: Regarding the third pronunciation, Collected Rhymes and Rhyme Collection both assign it to the xie consonant category, while Correct Rhymes alone assigns it to the cong consonant category; thus, Correct Rhymes is correct in this instance. Since the first two pronunciations both belong to the cong consonant category, the third should not be the xie consonant category. Applying the principles of phonetic construction from the Explication of Writing, the character cao belongs only to the cong consonant category.