Yin Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Step (chì) Pang Kangxi Strokes: 13 Page 370, Entry 09 Pronounced pang (falling tone). According to the Explaining and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it is defined as moving while attached to someone or something. The Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) defines it as to be attached or to follow. According to the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), section on the Earth Officer, the Cow Official: Whenever feudal lords convene, armies go on campaigns, or labor is required, they must provide oxen for military vehicles as well as people to pull and guide the oxen, which are used to transport government equipment. The commentary notes that pulling and guiding refer to those who lead the oxen from outside the carriage shafts. The person in front guiding the ox is called a puller, and the person guiding from the side of the ox is called a guide (pang). It is also interchangeable with the character pang. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the character pang is sometimes also written in a variant form (pang). It is also interchangeable with the character fang. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the character fang is also written in a variant form (pang).