Chen Collection, Page 538, Entry 30 Radical: Tree (mù) Total Kangxi strokes: 13 Pronounced yang (rising tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): The name of a tree. Erya (Approaching Elegance), Explaining Trees: The yang is the puliu (river willow). See the detailed note under the entry for willow. Also in Book of Odes (Shijing), Qin Wind: In the low-lying fields there are yang trees. Cui Bao, Notes on Past and Present (Gujin Zhu): The leaves of the white yang are round, the leaves of the green yang are long, and the leaves of the yi-yang are round with weak stems, which sway greatly in a light breeze. There is also the red yang; its leaves turn red upon the arrival of frost, and the texture of its wood is also red. Also, the yellow yang. Pi Ya (Amplification of Erya): The yellow yang is hard and dense and difficult to grow; it grows one inch per year, but in a leap year, it grows backwards by one inch. Also, from the Guang Ya (Expanded Erya): The white yang is a type of knife. Also, the name of a county. Book of Han (Hanshu), Treatise on Geography: Yang County belongs to Hedong Commandery. Also, a surname. Xing Yuan (Garden of Surnames): Originates from the Hongnong and Tianshui clans. Also pronounced ying (rising tone). Ma Rong, Eulogy for the Vast Park (Guangcheng Song): Precious forests and excellent trees, the jian wood grows in clumps. The chun, wu, gua, and bo, the gui, liu, feng, and yang.