Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Boat (zhōu) Character: Lang Kangxi Stroke Count: 13 Page 1011, Entry 07 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced lang. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced lang. A large ship used on the sea. Correct Meaning (Zhengzitong): One theory states that the side of a boat is called lang, and tapping on the side of the boat is called sounding the lang. Commonly written in a variant form as lang.