Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) Strokes: 14 Page 397, Entry 17 Pronounced yǒng. Songyong, meaning to encourage. According to the Regional Speech (Fangyan): In the region of Southern Chu, whenever one does not wish to express joy or anger, but a bystander speaks on their behalf, it is called songyong. According to General Exegesis (Tongya): Songyong is also written in a variant form (cōngróng).