Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) Character: 怲 Kangxi Stroke Count: 9 Page 382, Entry 22 Pronounced bing (rising tone). According to Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it denotes sorrow. Composed of the heart radical with bing acting as a phonetic component. Additionally, pronounced bing (falling tone). The meaning is the same. Also, pronounced bang (falling tone) as a poetic rhyme. From Book of Odes (Shijing), Xiao Ya section: The dodder and the creeping vine, spread upon the pine trees. Not yet having seen my lord, my sorrowful heart is pained.