Chen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Sun (rì) Ming Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 498, Entry 37 Guangyun: Pronounced ming. Alternative form of ming, using the sun radical. Means dim or dark. Book of Han: Treatise on the Five Elements (Qianhan Shu: Wuxing Zhi): Means dark and obscure. Also, categorized in the Lei Pian as a surname. Also, in the Jiyun and the Yunhui, pronounced ming (falling tone). In the Yupian: Means night.