You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Kangxi Strokes: 17 Page 1174, Entry 01 Pronounced teng Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Explanations and Analyses of Characters): To copy a text. Xu says: This means to transcribe or copy over. Yupian (Jade Chapters): To transmit. Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes): To transcribe or make a handwritten copy of a document. History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Treatise on Selection and Appointment: When transcribing and recording examination papers, every line of text transferred was written in red ink. Also a personal name. Chongteng, found in the History of Song (Songshi), Table of the Imperial Clan. The original form follows the boat radical. The common vulgar form follows the moon radical, which is incorrect.