Xu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Page (yè) Kangxi Strokes: 13 Page 1401, Entry 01 Pronounced hang. The appearance of a bird in flight. Originally written as the character appearing here. Flying upward is called jie, flying downward is called hang. Contemporary writing typically uses the compound jie-hang. Book of Odes (Shijing): Swallows are flying, some flying upward, some flying downward. Commentary: Flying upward is called jie, flying downward is called hang. Also written in a variant form. Yang Xiong, Changyang Fu: Fish leaping upward and birds flying downward. Note: This phrase is from the Ganquan Fu. Fish jie and bird hang are corrected based on the original text. Pronounced gang. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Writing and Analysis of Characters): The neck of a person. Originally written as kang. Also written as ang. Pronounced hang (rising tone). Sounds emitted from the throat. Same as kang. Pronounced kang (rising tone). Same as kang. The throat. Pronounced gang. Meaning same as above. Pronounced kang (departing tone). The throat. Pronounced hang (departing tone). The throat of a bird.