Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Dog (quǎn) 13 strokes Page 714, Entry 21 Pronounced xīng. Shuowen Jiezi: The sound of a dog barking. From Radical Dog, star acting as phonetic. Also pronounced shēng. Yupian: Xingxing, resembles a dog, face resembles a human. Guangyun: Xingxing, resembles an ape or monkey. Erya, Explaining Beasts: Xingxing, small in stature and fond of crying. Commentary: Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing) states: It has a human face, a pig's body, and can speak. Currently, Fengxi County in Jiaozhi produces xingxing, which look like badgers and sound like crying children. Book of Rites (Liji), Songs of Rites: The xingxing can speak, yet it remains a bird or beast. Yupian: Also written in the variant form shēng.