Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) Qiong Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 116, Entry 13 Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun) state it is pronounced jiong. It means to stoop or hunch. Jia Yi (Jia Yi): Owl Rhapsody (Fufu) states: Stooping as if restrained and bound. Su Lin's commentary states: It refers to a person with hunched shoulders. Selections of Refined Literature (Wenxuan): Li Shan's commentary states: Qiong is the appearance of being restrained or bound. Five Scholars' commentary states: Qiong means to be distressed. The ignorant are tied and bound by worldly attachments, distressed like a prisoner in confinement. Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui) and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun) state it is also written in the variant form (jiong).