Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Sound (yīn) Ying Kangxi stroke count: 18 Page 1397, Entry 24 According to the Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), the character is pronounced yīng. It sounds the same as the character for hero (yīng). The Jade Chapters (Yupian) records that it is the name of the musical composition of Emperor Ku, known as the Six Ying. It is also written in a variant form (yīng). The Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun) records that the Five Ying is the musical composition of the Gaoyang clan. The Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun) cites the Erudite Refinements (Boya), which records that the Five Ying is the musical composition of Emperor Ku.