Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: hong Kangxi Stroke Count: 6 Page 174, Entry 10 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced hong. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced hong. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Means to scold or reprimand. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Hong-hong refers to the noisy sound of a crowd in a marketplace. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): One interpretation refers to clamorous speech. Sometimes written in a variant form (hong). Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced hong. Refers to a loud sound. Originally written in a variant form. Or written in a variant form (jiang). The character (mang) was originally composed of the radical for mouth and the character (mang).