Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) Ji Kangxi stroke count: 7 Page 375, Entry 12 According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Classified Dictionary (Leipian), pronounced gai (third tone). According to the Erudite Elegant (Boya), it means to rely upon or to depend on. Also, according to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Classified Dictionary (Leipian), pronounced hai (third tone). The meaning is the same.