Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Ear (ěr) Cong (聦) Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 968, Entry 32 Zhengzitong (Correct Meaning Dictionary): A common variant of the character cong (聰). Cong (聰): Tangyun (Tang Rhyme Dictionary) and Zhengyun (Standard Rhyme Dictionary): Pronounced cong (level tone). Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes): Pronounced cong (level tone). Shuowen (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): To observe. Guangyun (Expanded Rhyme Dictionary): To hear, to be clear, to be perceptive, to listen. Book of Documents (Shujing), Great Plan (Hongfan): To be perceptive is to deliberate. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Lord Shang: To listen to the opposite is called perception; to look inward is called clarity. Guanzi, Universal Harmony Chapter: The ears govern hearing; hearing must follow what is heard, and accurate hearing is called perception. Commentary: What the ears hear is both compliant and accurate, therefore it is called perception. Also, Yunbu (Supplement to the Rhymes): Rhymes with the sound cang (level tone). Chen Lin, Rhapsody on the Willow: The majestic Son of Heaven, truly listens with perception. Virtuous reputation fills all, the people look to you. You should be like the fine tree, matching the sweet pear tree. Wang (look) is in the level tone.