You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Bitter (xīn) Kangxi Strokes: 18 Page 1252, Entry 05 Book of Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced ban. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ban. Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen): Mottled or variegated. Book of Rhymes (Guangyun): The same as ban (variegated).