Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Kangxi Strokes: 16 Page 454, Entry 03 Pronounced cheng. Same as cheng. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen) states that cheng is a slanted pillar. Guangyun (Guangyun) defines it as to push open. Old Book of Tang (Tangshu), Biography of Zhu Tao: Corpses and bones scattered, not buried. Han Yu, Poem on the Lunar Eclipse: Red dragons and black birds scorched until their mouths grew hot, feathers and manes stood on end, supporting and bracing against each other. Also, pronounced cheng. Same meaning. Also, rhyming as chang. Sima Xiangru, Changmen Fu: Carving magnolia wood into rafters, decorating with fragrant apricot wood to make roof beams. The many dense, floating pillars are arranged, pavilions and phoenix trees bracing one another. Tongya (Tongya): Same as the preceding. Also written as cheng. Now written as cheng. Commonly read as chengzheng. Zhengzitong (Zhengzitong): The characters cheng, cheng, and cheng have the same pronunciation and meaning.