Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) Nong Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 118, Entry 25 According to the Extensive Rhyme Dictionary (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced nong. According to the Standard Rhymes (Zhengyun), pronounced nong. In common usage, it refers to the self. In a poem by Han Yu: The crocodile is bigger than the boat, with teeth and eyes terrifying me. Also, it refers to others or a third person. There is a title in the Ancient Music Bureau (Gu yuefu) poems called Ao Nong Ge. According to the Explanation of the Six Writings (Liushu gu), the people of Wu call a person nong, which is a shift in the sound of the word person. People from Ou pronounce it like neng. It is also a surname. Song dynasty figure Nong Zhigao. It also refers to the Nong people, now a branch of the Hmong in Yunnan, who are the same as the Bo people and the Sha people.