Yin Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Corpse (shī) 層 Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 303, Entry 40 Pronounced ceng. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen) states: A building with multiple stories. Composed of the radical for corpse and the phonetic component ceng. Yu Pian (Jade Chapters) states: To pile up, to accumulate. Generally, anything that is layered or stacked is called ceng. Zeng Yun (Expanded Rhymes) states: A level or tier. In ancient times, the character ceng was commonly used as a variant. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Entering the towering, layered palaces.