Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: Nong Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 209, Entry 34 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) state it is pronounced nong. Jade Chapters (Yupian) defines it as speaking much without substance. Also, Broad Rhymes states it is pronounced nong. Collected Rhymes states it is pronounced nong. Broad Rhymes states that nong is an angry speech, according to the Forest of Characters (Zilin). Also, in The Annals of Master Lu (Lüshi Chunqiu), it is written as sweet and not nong. Jade Chapters cites this as written as huan, meaning sweet food. Also, Collected Rhymes states that one meaning is to speak unclearly. It is sometimes also written in a variant form (nao).