Wu Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Sickness (bìng)
Hen; Kangxi strokes: 11
Page 773, Entry 12
Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced hen. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Gathering (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced hen. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): Callus or scar. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Scar. Zhao Yi: Satire on the Corrupt World (Jishi Cixie Fu): When one likes something, one picks at the skin to pull out the feathers; when one dislikes something, one scrubs away the dirt to search for its scars. Also, anything that leaves a trace is called a hen, such as tear stains, moss marks, water marks, ink traces, and the like. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced yin. Broad Refinement (Boya): Swelling. Also, pronounced gen. A swelling illness.