Chou Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Earth (tǔ) Kangxi Strokes: 12 Page 233, Entry 26 Pronounced gèng. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Meeting (Yunhui) define it as a road. Book of Rites (Liji), in the chapter Zisi Asks: When burying, lead the procession to the road. Ceremonial Rites (Yili), in the chapter After the Sunset: Only the sovereign's order may stop the hearse on the road. This character is originally written as the current form. A common variant is written with the carriage radical. Another variant exists. The current form is derived from the component signifying constant. The character is also derived from the earth radical, the heart radical, and a phonetic component. This is a duplicate index character.