Wu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Jade (yù) Gong; Kangxi stroke count: 11; Page 730, Entry 19 Pronounced gong (rising tone). In the Discussion of Writing (Shuowen), it is the name of a type of jade. In the Collection of Jade (Yupian), it refers to a large jade disc. In the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), it is sometimes written in a variant form. It is also used interchangeably with the character for arch (gong). In the Book of the Way and its Virtue (Daodejing), it says: Even with a jade disc. Also, pronounced gong (level tone). The meaning is the same. In the Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan), year 31 of Duke Xiang: Stole their jade disc. Xu Miao reads it this way. Also, pronounced hong (level tone). Refers to jade. Same as the character (hong). Also, in the Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui), used as a personal name. There was a person named Wang Gong during the Tang Dynasty.