You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Tang Kangxi stroke count: 20 Page 1182, Entry 22 Compendium of Phonology (Jiyun) states it is the same as the character for honest words. Also used in personal names. Song History (Songshi), Table of the Imperial Clan, mentions the posthumously honored Zhaosan Langling Tang. Also, Compendium of Phonology (Jiyun) states it is pronounced dang. It means loyal words.