Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) Character: Kuà Kangxi Stroke Count: 18 Page 406, Entry 19 According to the Tang Rhyme (Tangyun) and the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced kuo. According to the Explanations of Characters (Shuowen), it refers to someone who is self-willed or self-opinionated. The character is composed of the radical for heart and the phonetic element xian. It may also be written with the ear radical, or in the variant form kuo. It is also interchangeable with the character kuo. In the Book of Documents (Shujing), specifically in the Pan Geng chapter, it is written as: Now you are clamorous.