Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Sickness (bìng) Dian Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 778, Entry 31 Pronounced dian Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Illness. Yupian: Madness. Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes: Why does he strike us with drought? Commentary: Dian means illness. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhan Guo Ce): To fall ill and become exhausted. Note: Dian means madness, dan means to be out of breath. Also used interchangeably with tian. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes: Pitied our ill and widowed state. Zhu Commentary: Means illness. Same as dian. Also, according to Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen), it can mean abdominal distension. Also, according to Comprehensive Collection of Characters (Zihui Bu), it is the same as the character for to fall over. Example: Yang Xiong mentions dian-xian. Pronounced tian Pronounced dian Pronounced tian Pronounced zhen The meaning is the same as above. According to Jiyun, pronounced chen, referring to a disease involving abdominal distension.