Yin Collection, Lower Volume. Radical: Shelter (guǎng). Tīng. Kangxi Strokes: 25. Page: 352. Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced according to the fanqie method using the syllables tā and dīng. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced according to the fanqie method using the syllables tāng and dīng. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced according to the fanqie method using the syllables tā and jīng. The sound is the same as tīng. Expanded Rhymes: Tīng is a type of building. Collected Rhymes: In ancient times, the place where official business was conducted was called tīng. Later the language was simplified and it was directly called tīng, which led to the addition of Radical: Shelter (guǎng). Supplemented Rhymes (Zengyun): The term tīng shì refers to the place where one accepts administrative matters and examines lawsuits. During the Han and Jin dynasties, it was written as tīng. It was only from the Six Dynasties period onward that people began adding Radical: Shelter (guǎng) to write the character as tīng.