Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) Min Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 118, Entry 07 Pronounced min (rising tone). To exert oneself. Lu Ji, Exposition on Literature (Wenfu): To exert oneself while caught between existence and non-existence. The Book of Odes (Shijing) uses the variant form mian (rising tone). Yan Can states: When one is physically unable or unwilling at heart, but forces oneself to act, this is called min.