Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) Man Kangxi stroke count: 13 Page 115, Entry 24 Ancient form. According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced man (falling tone), meaning slow or sluggish. Xunzi, Not Careless Chapter (Bugou pian): The gentleman is broad and thick without being sluggish. Also, in the Cultivating the Self Chapter (Xiushen pian): To follow the rules of ritual is to be harmonious and smooth; to not follow the rules of ritual is to be chaotic and sluggish. Also the same as man, meaning filthy or dissolute. Xunzi, Honor and Disgrace Chapter (Rongru pian): To be filthy, dissolute, bullying, and thieving is a practice that often invites danger. Yang Liang commentary: Man should be written as man, referring to water overflowing an object, which is called man. Also interchangeable with man, man, and man.