Chou Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Earth (tǔ) Entry: Huang Kangxi Stroke Count: 12 Page 233, Entry 31 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced huang. Broadly Refined (Boya): Tang-huang refers to the connecting halls of a palace. Commentary of Zuo (Zuo Zhuan) and Book of Han (Hanshu): Abbreviated as huang. It is also used interchangeably with huang, meaning the moat beneath a city wall. Commentary on the Book of Changes by Zixia (Zixia Yizhuan): The city wall returns to the moat.