Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Character: chòng Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 1304, Entry 03 Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced chòng. Jade Chapters (Yupian): The hole of an axe head. Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): The opening in an axe. Also found in the Supplement to the Collection of Characters (Zihui bu), chòng is a term from the Sichuan dialect, as seen in the Collected Works of Huang Shangu (Huang Shangu ji). Also in the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced chù. The meaning is the same.