Yin Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Wide (guǎng) Kangxi stroke count: 13 Page 162, Entry 01 Pronounced xia (rising tone). According to the Explaining and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), this refers to a house. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), this refers to a modern porch. Also, according to the Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), it is used interchangeably with the character for summer (xia). In the Book of Rites (Liji), specifically the Tan Gong section: One sees it as if it were a covered summer house. The commentary notes that this refers to a wide, modern porch. Also, according to the Rhyme Collection (Jiyun), it refers to a large building. In the poem Climbing the Three Terraces by Emperor Taizong of Tang: What is joyful is becoming a large building. Textual research: The Jade Chapters defines it as a porch of a gate. Following the original text, this has been corrected to refer to a modern porch.