Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower. Radical: Ice (bing). Character: chong. Kangxi stroke count: 8. Page 131, Number 28. Zheng Yun: Pronounced chang and zhong combined, read as chong. Identical to the character chong. Yun Hui: The character chong is sometimes written in a simplified form. It means harmonious and profound. It also refers to being young. Book of Documents (Shangshu): Formerly, the Duke of Zhou worked hard for the royal house, but I was young and ignorant. Commentary: chong refers to being young. Also, according to the rules for posthumous titles, one who ascends the throne while young is called chong. Also refers to the sound of chiseling ice. Book of Odes (Shijing): Chipping at the ice with a chong chong sound. Also describes a drooping appearance. Book of Odes: The horse reins hung down and swung. Yun Bu: Rhyming pronunciation is zhong and liang combined, read as chang. Songs of the Daoist Canon (Daozang Ge): Lushly facing the morning star, the round splendor illuminates the three chong. The storm is brilliant across the nine heavens, as the celestial green circles the cinnabar chamber. chong Tang Yun: Pronounced zhi and gong combined. Ji Yun and Yun Hui: Pronounced chi and zhong combined, read as chong. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): Water surging and swaying. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Empty or void. Classic of the Way and Virtue (Laozi Daodejing): The greatest fullness appears as if empty. Guang Yun: Harmonious and profound. From a poem by Xiao Que: How could double brightness stagnate? Being without burden lies in deep harmony. Also means to soar upward. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): To soar to the heavens with a single flight. Also young. Book of Documents: Therefore I, a young child. Commentary: chong means a child. Also describes the appearance of hanging decorations. Book of Odes: Leather ornaments hung down. Also a sound. Book of Odes: Chipping at the ice with a chong chong sound. Also a surname. During the Hongwu era of the Ming dynasty, there was a county magistrate assistant in Xiangshan named Chong Jing. Ji Yun: Pronounced du and kong combined, read as dong. To surge or move. Yun Bu: Rhyming pronunciation is zhong and liang combined, read as chang. Songs of the Daoist Canon: Lushly facing the morning star, the round splendor illuminates the three chong. The storm is brilliant across the nine heavens, as the celestial green circles the cinnabar chamber.