Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: 澒 Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 652, Entry 08 Pronounced hong According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to the mercury produced from cinnabar. It also refers to meng-hong, the state of primordial energy before it was divided, as seen in the Balanced Discourses (Lunheng) by Wang Chong. It also describes the appearance of water as deep and vast, as found in the Rhapsody on the Capital of Wu (Wudu Fu) by Zuo Si. It also describes things that are connected, as found in the poetry of Du Fu. According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), it is also pronounced xiang. The meaning is the same. It is also pronounced hong, which also means mercury.