Si Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fire (huo) Character: tang Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 684, Entry 01 Comprehensive Collection of Characters (Zihui): Pronounced dang. Sea of Characters (Pianhai): Tang, to wash or cleanse. From the Buddhist Canon (Shidian). Also in Sea of Characters (Pianhai): Pronounced tang. Meaning is the same. Textual Research: In the Sea of Characters (Pianhai), it is written as pronounced tang. We note that the pronunciation given is incorrect. According to the original text, it has been corrected to pronounced tang.