Xu Collection, Middle Volume, Radical: Rain (yǔ) 12 strokes. Page 1372, Entry 01 Pronounced fēn (level tone) — *Jiyun*, *Yunhui*, *Zhengyun*. Also pronounced fēn (level tone) — *Tangyun*, *Jiyun*. Refers to mist. Also, *Yunhui* describes *fenfen* as the appearance of falling snow. "Rain and snow fall *fenfen*." — *Book of Odes* (*Shijing*) Also, *Shiming* describes *fen* as moist vapor that attaches to plants and freezes white when cold. The original character was written as 氛. Refers to auspicious vapor. A variant form is . Correction: In *Shiming*, "stream vapor" was changed to "moist vapor."