Yin Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Broad (guǎng) Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 348, Entry 32 Pronounced xiang Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Refers to corridor buildings. Yupian (Yupian): Refers to the side rooms on the east and west sides. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Zhou Chang: Empress Lu tilted her ear to listen in the east side room. Commentary: Refers to the halls on the east side of the main palace hall. Suoyin (Suoyin) explains: the rooms on the east and west sides of the main room are all called xiang, meaning their shape resembles a chest or case. It is also used as a phonetic loan for xiang (chest). Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), Gong Shi Dafu Li: The state ruler makes a bow and then retreats to the side room.