Chen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Sun (rì) 晴 Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 496, Entry 39 Pronounced qing (rising tone). Variant forms include qing and qing. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Rain stops, the weather is clear and sunny with no clouds. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Treatise on the Celestial Offices: When the sky is clear, one can see the auspicious star. Also, in Rhyme Supplement (Yunbu), the pronunciation is adapted to liang (rising tone). Zhang Ji, Poem Sacrificing to Han Yu: You and I returned together, now dwelling in different places. On the night of the sixteenth of the mid-autumn, the moon is round and the sky is somewhat clear. Also, according to Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): The character qing signifies rain stopping at night after which the stars appear. Annotation: The currently common form qing is incorrect.