Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Blue (qīng) Qing Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 1381, Entry 01 Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced ying. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Speaking in a low voice. Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Qingyin, speaking in a low voice. Also: Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced ying. Originally written as the character for emotion (qíng). Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Treatise on Rites (Lishu): Both refined emotion (qing) and adornment are exhausted. Commentary: Qing is the ancient form of the character for emotion (qing).