Chou Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Earth (tǔ) Kuang Kangxi strokes: 18 Page 241, Entry 25 According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Compendium of Rhymes (Yunhui), the pronunciation is kuang (falling tone). It refers to a grave or a burial pit. In the Book of Rites (Liji), in the Tan Gong chapter: Those who offer condolences at a burial must hold the rope; if following the coffin to the grave, all must hold the ropes. It also refers to a vast and empty plain; according to the New Book (Xinshu) by Jia Yi: The world is vast and empty, yet one person possesses it. Also, according to the Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun), the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), the Compendium of Rhymes (Yunhui), and the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), the pronunciation is kuang (falling tone). It is the same as kuang (vacant). The characters guang, kuang, kuang, and kuang were used interchangeably in ancient times.