Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) 嗓 Kangxi strokes: 13 Page 202, Entry 26 Pronounced sang (rising tone). Collected Rimes (Jiyun) and Collection of Rimes (Yunhui) define it as the throat. In addition, the Rectification of Characters (Zhengzitong) notes that it is colloquially used by commoners to refer to the discharge of fluid from the nose of a horse when it is ill.