Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Character: Qiang Kangxi strokes: 20 Page 1321, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced qiang (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhymes Compilation (Yunhui): Pronounced qiang (rising tone). Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced qiang (rising tone). Definition: Using a rope to string together currency. Book of Shu Capital (Shudu Fu) by Zuo Si: Storing millions in qiang. Commentary: Qiang refers to the rope used to thread coins. Correct Character Penetration (Zhengzitong): White qiang is a variant name for silver. The Records of Food and Money (Shihuo Zhi) in the History of Han (Hanshu) records that a city of ten thousand households would store ten million units of currency. Note: Qiang and qiang (different tone/character) are pronounced the same but possess different meanings. Currency is called qiang, and the cord used to string currency is called qiang (variant). The Dictionary of Characters (Zihui), under the Silk (mi) radical, defines this character as a string of coins, citing the Correct Alterations (Zheng'e) to claim it is written as qiang; this is incorrect. If it is said that one uses qiang to string coins, it would mean using currency to string currency. The Rhymes Compilation (Yunhui) states that qiang is used interchangeably with the variant qiang, which is also incorrect.