Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) Character: tǎng Kangxi stroke count: 10 Page 108, Number 03 In the Collected Rimes (Jiyun), it is given the fanqie pronunciation chǐ-liǎng. In the Correct Rimes (Zhengyun), it is given the fanqie pronunciation chāng-liǎng. It is pronounced like chǎng. It refers to the appearance of stopping suddenly. Also, in the Collected Rimes, it is given the fanqie pronunciation tā-lǎng, which is the rising tone of tāng. The meaning is the same. It is also interchangeable with the character tǎng. In the Book of Master Zhuang (Zhuangzi), in the chapter titled Preservation and Acceptance (Zaiyou), it is written: Yun Jiang saw him and stopped suddenly in a daze.