You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Wine (yǒu) Kangxi strokes: 11 Page 1281, Entry 18 Pronounced tan. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it means to delight in wine. Xu states that it signifies a state of being peaceful and happy. According to the Extensive Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings (Guangyun), it refers to being addicted to wine. It is also written in a variant form (chen). According to the History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), the term refers to being excessively immersed in wine. Also pronounced zhen. It is interchangeable with the character for a poisonous bird (zhen). According to the Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), it refers to wine containing the poison of that bird. According to the Zuo Commentary to the Spring and Autumn Annals (Zuozhuan), one was ordered to poison someone with wine. The commentary explains that the zhen is the name of a bird whose feathers are poisonous; when dipped into wine, it causes death if consumed. According to the Annals of Duke Min, indulgence in ease and enjoyment acts like the poison of the zhen bird, which one should not cherish.