Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) Character: Can Kangxi strokes: 16 Page 404, Entry 02 Authentic Character Guide (Zhengzitong): This is a vulgar form. Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced can (third tone). The sound is identical to the character for miserable. Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters (Shuowen): It means pain. The character structure is composed of the heart radical and the phonetic component can. Book of Odes (Shijing), Minor Odes: Why is there not yet a chastisement. It also expresses the meaning of previously or unexpectedly. Book of Odes (Shijing), Minor Odes: Unexpectedly, there is still no chastisement or sighing. Also, Major Odes: Unexpectedly, there is no fear of the enlightened law. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced tian (third tone). It also means pain.