Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Rain (yǔ) Pang Kangxi Stroke Count: 12 Page 1372, Entry 03 Pronounced pang. As noted in Jade Chapters (Yupian), the appearance of heavy snow. In the Book of Odes (Shijing), Beifeng section: The falling snow is heavy. Also, according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Classified Dictionary (Leipian), pronounced fang. Fenfang, the appearance of snow. According to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), originally written as pang, meaning heavy rain or pouring. Sometimes written in a variant form (pang).