Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Tang Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 893, Entry 37 According to the Expanded Rhyme Dictionary (Guangyun) and the Compilation of Rhymes (Jiyun), the pronunciation is tang. According to the Classified Compendium (Leipian), it refers to a bamboo mat with straight, coarse patterns. According to Yangzi's Dialects (Fangyan), for a mat of this type, in the regions east of the pass and within the areas of Zhou, Luo, Chu, and Wei, it is called yiyang; west of the pass, it is called kangtang; and beyond southern Chu, it is called tang.