Chou Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Earth (tǔ) Entry: Jin Kangxi Stroke Count: 14 Page 238, Entry 08 Identical to the entry for Jin. Please refer to the annotations for the character Jin. Pronounced jin. Meaning to smear or plaster. Book of Odes (Shijing): Block the north window, and use mud to plaster the gaps in the door. Book of Rites (Liji): In the deep autumn season, insects that hibernate all hide in their caves, and people use mud to seal the gaps in the doors and windows. Also refers to burying. Book of Odes (Shijing): There is a dead person on the road, yet there is still someone to bury him. Also refers to a path over a ditch. Discourses of the States (Guoyu): Regarding plains, earthen mounds, hills, and paths over ditches.