Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Nian Kangxi strokes: 11 Page 194, Entry 02 Pronounced dian. Explaining the term as a moan or groan in the Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters). The Book of Odes (Shijing) states: The people are currently groaning. Note that in the current version of the Lesser Odes (Xiaoya), this is written as dianshi. See the detailed annotation for the preceding character. The Guangyun (Broad Rhymes) also writes it as dian. The Jiyun (Collected Rhymes) sometimes writes it as a variant form. Also, pronounced dian. The meaning is the same. The Jiyun (Collected Rhymes) originally wrote it as a variant form, which is the same as the character with the heart radical below.