Yin Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Roof (mián) Hong Kangxi strokes: 8 Page 283, Entry 12 Pronounced hong. Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): The sound of a room. Yupian (Jade Chapters): Peaceful. Note: According to Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters), Hong means a deep, echoing room, while Hong means the sound of a room. Various scholars explain Hong as having the same sound and meaning as Hong. Only Yupian (Jade Chapters) defines it as peaceful. One source states it is the sound of a room. To distinguish the two sounds for Hong and Hong is incorrect.