Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Cave (xué) Character: cheng Kangxi Stroke Count: 17 Page 868, Entry 32 Guangyun (Guangyun) and Jiyun (Jiyun) state it is pronounced cheng. According to the Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen), it means to look straight ahead. It also refers to a red color. In the Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), under the 17th year of Duke Ai, it is written: The Marquis of Wei divined the omen and said: Like a fish with a red tail. The commentary states that cheng refers to a red color, occurring when a fish is fatigued and its tail turns red. In the commentary to the section on the bell-makers in the Winter Offices of the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), it notes that the Erya (Erya) says: One dyeing is called quan, two dyeings are called cheng, and three dyeings are called xun. In the section on artifacts in the Erya (Erya), it is written as cheng, meaning a light red. Also, according to the Guangyun (Guangyun), Jiyun (Jiyun), and Zhengyun (Zhengyun), it is pronounced cheng. It refers to looking directly from within a cave. It is also written in a variant form (cheng). Additionally, according to the Jiyun (Jiyun), it is pronounced cheng (falling tone). It refers to looking closely or peering.