Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: pang Kangxi strokes: 13 Page 202, Entry 39 Pronounced beng (level tone). Pronounced beng (level tone). Pronounced beng (level tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), this was originally written as pang, meaning the sound of singing and metaphor. Sima Xiangru said, the Huainan Song Cai dance is pang, meaning a metaphor. Also, according to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), it refers to the sound of shouting. According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), one meaning is to scold. Also, according to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced bang (falling tone). It is a sound. The character pang is formed from the mouth radical and a phonetic component.