Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower. Radical: Knife (dāo). Character: shèng. Kangxi strokes: 11. Page 142, Number 04. According to the Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), the pronunciation follows the fanqie phonetic system of the characters shí and zhèng, sounding like chéng. It means to increase or to be in surplus. The Jade Chapters (Yupian) defines it as more than or not only. In a poem by Gao Shi addressed to Vice Director Du Fu: Understanding the teachings of the Law is already difficult, and while studying the scriptures, one wishes to turn the pages even more.