Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Entry: Jin Kangxi stroke count: 20 Page 1064, Entry 20 Pronounced jin (falling tone). Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao): The jin herb, also known as yellow herb and li herb, can be used to dye items yellow. Additionally, in Er Ya: Interpretation of Glosses (Erya Shigu), jin means to advance. Book of Odes (Shijing), Great Odes (Daya): Ministers advanced and employed by the king. Sub-commentary (Shu): Jin refers to a deep sense of loyalty and protective care, continuously advanced and never ceasing. Additionally, in Yangzi: Regional Speech (Fangyan), jin means remainder or surplus. In the regions between Zhou and Zheng, it is called jin. Note: A remaining surplus. Ma Rong: Rhapsody on the Long Flute (Changdi Fu): Jin-zhi-kang-jue. Additionally, in the regions between Qin and Jin, firewood that has not finished burning is called jin. Sometimes written as a variant form. Also a variant form. Textual Research: In Yangzi: Regional Speech (Fangyan), jin means surplus. Note: A remaining surplus; in the regions between Zhou and Zheng, it is called jin. According to the original text, the three characters for remaining surplus have been moved to follow the phrase in the regions between Zhou and Zheng, it is called jin.