Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Character: Feng Kangxi Stroke Count: 19 Page 1320, Entry 09 Pronounced feng. Explained in Explaining and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi) as the pointed tip of a weapon. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Dongfang Shuo state: Crafty schemes emerge one after another, and no one can fully master them. Also refers to the name of a type of banner. The History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Treatise on the Suburban Sacrifices records: Making the Taiyi Feng banner, named the Spirit Banner, held by the Grand Historian to point toward the country to be attacked during military prayers. In Explaining and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it is sometimes also written in a variant form (fēng).