Hai Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Horse (mǎ) Entry: Song Kangxi strokes: 17 Page 1439, Entry 09 Pronounced song. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): To shake the bit and run like a horse. Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals (Gongyang Zhuan), eighth year of Duke Ding: Yangyue went down to take the strategies, approached the southern Song horses, and traveled through the Meng clan. Annotation: To whip the horse bit and run. Explanation of Texts (Shiwen): Song originally was also written as a variant form. Dictionaries do not contain this character; it is used by tradition. Another theory states that Song and the character for gallop (cheng) have different meanings but are the same in usage. Also pronounced sou. Meaning is the same.