Mao Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Heart (xīn)
Kangxi strokes: 28
Page 409, Entry 29
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun) pronounce it as zhuang (falling tone). It shares the same meaning as gan and chong.
Explaining Script (Shuowen) defines it as stupid or foolish.
Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Gaozu: It is recorded that King Ling was somewhat blunt and honest, and Chen Ping could assist him.
Biography of Ji An: It states that Ji An was truly too upright and blunt.
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) also pronounces it as hong (falling tone), sounding the same as hong. It is also pronounced as gong (falling tone), sounding the same as gong. It is also pronounced as hong (falling tone), sounding the same as hong. It is also pronounced as zhong (falling tone), sounding the same as zhong. It is also pronounced as han (falling tone). All instances share the same meaning.