You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Shell (bèi) Kangxi Stroke Count: 12 Page 1206, Entry 03 Ancient form. Pronounced kuang. Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Explanations of Characters): To bestow. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): To give. Book of Odes (Shijing): In the heart, he bestows it upon me. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili): You have shown kindness and bestowed gifts upon this one. Also interchangeable with the character meaning to compare (kuang). Book of Han (Hanshu): To encounter the generous bestowals of Heaven and Earth. Additionally, in rhyme supplementary works, rhymed as huang. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan): You hold the basket, yet there is nothing to bestow. Songs of Chu (Chucai): The sow thistle and the water chestnut do not share the same field, the orchids and the fragrant plants dwell in seclusion and remain naturally fragrant. Only the beautiful one remains forever, and throughout the generations continues to bestow upon oneself. Leipian (Classified Dictionary): Sometimes written with the element for light (guang).