Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Sickness (bìng) Yang; Kangxi stroke count: 14; Page 776 Pronounced yang. Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Explaining Characters and Analyzing Graphs): A sore on the head. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): An injury. Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes): One source says it is an ulcer or sore. Zuo Zhuan (Chronicle of Zuo): Xun Yan suffered from a carbuncle and developed a sore on his head. Commentary: A sore is a head wound. Book of Rites (Liji): If one has a sore on the body, one should bathe. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Ministry of Heaven, Notes on the Physician of Sores: A sore is an injury. Also, the Physician: All those in the state who have illnesses or sores shall approach the physician. Note: An injury on the body is called a sore. Also, Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes): Pronounced dang. A disease in livestock causing diarrhea. Leipian (Classified Dictionary): Sometimes written as yang. Also written as the variant form (dang).