Mao Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Heart (xīn)
Character: Huang
Kangxi Stroke Count: 9
Page 382, Entry 23
Guangyun (Comprehensive Rhymes): Pronounced huang.
Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes), Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes), Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes): Pronounced huang (rising tone).
Shuowen (Explaining Graphs): The appearance of being deranged. Also, the appearance of being distraught, as if having lost something.
Chu Ci (Songs of Chu), Nine Songs: Looking toward the wind, distracted and singing loudly.
Zhu Xi Commentary: Huang denotes the appearance of being dispirited.
Jiyun: Pronounced huang (falling-rising tone). Interchangeable with huang.
Laozi, Daodejing: The nature of the Dao is indistinct and elusive. Also written as huang. It describes an empty, subtle, and indescribable state.
Jiyun: Pronounced xu.
Boya (Broad Glossary): To be deranged.
Shuowen Changjian (Long Annotations on Shuowen): Kuang and huang are identical. It uses xiong as a phonetic element. Shuowen states it is a shortened phonetic form of kuang, which is redundant. In the Songs of Chu, it appears as huang, gazing into the distance. Changing it to huang with the heart radical is a vulgar form.