Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 403, Entry 01 Pronounced dan (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): To dread or find difficult. Formed from the heart radical with the sound component dan. Another definition is to find difficult. Zengyun (Augmented Rhymes): To fear. Also pronounced dan (falling tone). Book of Documents (Shujing), Bi Ming: To manifest the good and punish the evil. Sometimes written as dan. Also pronounced duo (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi: Fatigue or illness. Originally written as dan, sometimes written with the heart radical. Book of Odes (Shijing), Xiao Ya: Fatigue prevents me from having leisure. Zhu Xi Commentary: Dan means fatigue. Also pronounced chan (falling tone). To find difficult. Yang Xiong, Fangyan (Regional Speech): In the regions of Qi and Lu, it is called dan. Also pronounced chan (falling tone). Negligence or ease. Also pronounced dan (falling tone). Fatigue; to find difficult. Book of Odes (Shijing), Xiao Ya: Pity us, the fatigued people. Also pronounced dan (falling tone). Fatigue. Also used interchangeably with da. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Dongguan Kaogongji, Shiren: Even if there is a strong wind, it cannot cause instability. Shuowen Commentary: Pronounced da. Also pronounced tan (level tone). Shock or fear. Zhuangzi, Dasheng Chapter: Those who use hooks and weights are startled. Also pronounced quan (level tone). The appearance of a worn-out carriage.