Hai Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Horse (mǎ) Entry: Zong Kangxi stroke count: 19 Page 1441, Entry 40 Pronounced zong. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it refers to the mane or crest of a horse. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it is the horse's mane. In the poem Song of the Dapple Horse (Congma Xing) by Du Fu: The corner of the eye is blue and shining, suspended like a pair of mirrors; the fleshy mane is rugged and lumpy, moving with the linked-coin pattern. In the Collection of Luancheng (Luancheng Ji): While I was in Qixia, I saw a horse presented by the people of Qinzhou. Its mane was like that of an ox; it hung down from its neck, leaning to the side, with hair growing from the flesh. The barbarian people called this a fleshy mane. It is commonly written as zong, while the variant zong is colloquial, and another variant zong is incorrect.