Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) 鈂 Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 1297, Entry 21 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced zhishen Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced chilin; sounds the same as shen. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): Defined as a type of spade-like tool. Six Writings Explained (Liushugu): Defined as an iron pestle. Collection of Characters (Zihui): Defined as an iron skewer. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes also written in a variant form. Also in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced shiren; sounds the same as chen. The meaning is the same. Also in Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced zuoyin Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced caiyin; sounds the same as qin. The meaning is the same. Also in Extensive Elegant (Boya): Defined as to plow or cultivate. Also in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhizhen; sounds the same as zhen. Defined as heavy.