You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) 18 strokes Page 1177, Entry 07 Pronounced qing (falling tone). Also pronounced qing (rising tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): To cough. Yupian (Jade Chapters): The sound of a cough. Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi), chapter Xu Wugui: It has been a long time since anyone has used the language of the True Man to converse and laugh in the presence of my ruler. Commentary: A soft sound is called qing, a loud sound is called kai. Beishi (History of the Northern Dynasties), Biography of Cui Quan: The sound of conversation and laughter, as resonant as a great bell. Also used in a personal name: Shanqing, see Song Shi (History of Song), Tables of the Imperial Clan. Also pronounced qing (falling tone). Qingkai, refers to conversation and laughter.