Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Hong Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 1299, Entry 08 Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Pronounced hong. Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced hong. Broad Rimes (Guangyun): The sound of metal. Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Keng-hong, the sound of bells and drums. Sometimes also written with a mouth radical (hóng).