Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Rain (yǔ) Character:霙 Kangxi Stroke Count: 17 Page 1376, Entry 16 Broad Rimes (Guangyun), Collection of Rimes (Jiyun), and Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui) state it is pronounced ying. Correct Rimes (Zhengyun) states it is pronounced ying. Jade Chapter (Yupian): Rain and snow falling mixed together. Collection of Rimes (Jiyun): Sleet. Expository Encyclopedia (Piya): When snow is extremely cold it becomes pellets; when it is light it becomes flowers; these flowers are called ying. Expository Biography of Han Poetry (Hanshi waizhuan): Snow flowers are called ying. Collection of Rimes (Jiyun): Also written in a variant form ying. Also in Broad Rimes (Guangyun) and Correct Rimes (Zhengyun), pronounced yang. Broad Rimes (Guangyun): ying ying, the appearance of white snow.