You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Huang Kangxi strokes: 16 Page 1172, Entry 12 Guangyun (Dictionary of Sounds and Rhymes): Pronounced huang (rising tone). Jiyun (Compilation of Rhymes) and Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes): Pronounced huang (rising tone), sound is ying. The sound of speech. Also defined as a loud sound. Also interchangeable with huang. Zuo Si, Ode to the Capital of Wu (Wudufu): Clamorous and noisy. Commentary: Huang is interchangeable with huang. Also, Jiyun (Compilation of Rhymes) and Leipian (Categorized Compilation): Pronounced heng (rising tone). Yang Xiong, Dialects (Fangyan): The sound of clamoring or noise. Original text: Commonly written as the character hong. Zhengzitong (Comprehensive Dictionary of Correct Characters): Originally written as huang.