Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Entry: Ting Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 1307, Entry 01 Pronounced ting. According to the Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen): Raw copper or iron. Composed of the radical for metal with a phonetic indicator. According to the Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun): A bar of metal. According to the History of the Southern Dynasties (Nanshi), Biography of Prince Luling of Liang: The heir, Ying, was not very bright. Upon seeing the bars of gold in the inner treasury, he asked his attendants if they were edible. Also refers to an arrow shaft. According to the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Offices, Record of Artificers: The smith makes a short arrow with a blade one inch long and a circumference of one inch; the shaft is ten times that length. Commentary: This refers to the part of the arrow that enters the shaft. Glossary: Pronounced ting. Also according to the Extensive Refinement (Boya): To be exhausted. Phonetic Glossary: Pronounced ting. According to the Dialect (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong: Things that are empty or exhausted are called ting. Ting means to give. Also, ting means empty. This is a transformation of speech. Also in Zhang Xie, Seven Commands: The ting of the Ye Stream, the essence of the Red Mountain. Commentary: Ting refers to copper and iron. Also according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ting. According to the Expanded Gloss (Guangya): A variant form of a metal bar. Also according to the Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan), 17th Year of Duke Wen: To run with urgency like an arrow in danger; when in such haste, how can one choose? Commentary: Ting describes the appearance of running swiftly. Phonetic Glossary: Pronounced ting.