Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Insect (chóng) Xiang Kangxi Stroke Count: 23 Page 1103, Entry 09 Pronounced xiang (falling-rising tone). Classic of Poetry (Erya), Explaining Insects: Xiang is a wood-boring insect on mulberry trees. Commentary: It resembles a longhorn beetle with long antennae and white spots on its body. It enjoys biting into mulberry trees to drill holes and enters the wood. In the region east of the Yangtze River, it is called a wood-gnawing insect. Pronounced shuang. The meaning is the same. Pronounced rang (falling-rising tone). Classic of Poetry (Erya), Explaining Insects: Earth locust, xiangxi. Commentary: It resembles a locust but is smaller. It is currently called an earth locust. Pronounced nang. Tangxiang. For details, see the entry for the character tang. Pronounced rang (rising tone). The meaning is the same. Sometimes also written in a variant form (rang).