Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) 鑼 Kangxi strokes: 27 Page 1327, Entry 26 Pronounced luo. Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Chao luo, a utensil. General Explanation of Characters (Zhengzitong): Made by forging copper, shaped like a basin. Large ones have a resonant sound, while small ones have a muted sound. Music Treatise (Yueshu) mentions the copper gong. Since the reign of Emperor Xuanwu of the Northern Wei dynasty, there have been copper cymbals and shaluo, and shaluo is the gong. Principles of the Six Writings (Liushugu): What is now called the metal sound, used by the military. Also used as a washbasin.