Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: Nong Kangxi strokes: 17 Page 654, Entry 10 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced nòng (falling tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Pronounced nóng (rising tone). Meaning: Dense or thick. Expanded Rhymes (Zengyun): The opposite of thin or light. Also written as the variant form (nóng). Also, Explaining Graphs (Shuowen): The appearance of abundant dew. Book of Odes (Shijing), Minor Odes (Xiao Ya): The dew is falling thick and heavy. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Pronounced nóng. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced nóng (level tone). Meaning: Same as above. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Also written as the variant form.