Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Sickness (bìng) Entry: 痾 Kangxi Stroke Count: 13 Page 770, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced e. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced e. Jade Chapters (Yupian): The same as illness (ke), meaning sickness. History of the Former Han (Qianhan shu), Treatise on the Five Elements: What affects people is called illness (e). Illness (e) refers to the appearance of a disease. It implies depth. History of the Later Han (Houhan shu), Treatise on the Five Elements: When appearance lacks respect, it is called a lack of solemnity. At such times, there are illnesses where the lower body affects the upper. Pan Yue, Rhapsody on Living in Seclusion (Xianju fu): Daily meals are increased, and old illnesses (e) have healed. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ya. The meaning is the same.