Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) Nian Kangxi Stroke Count: 12 Page 391, Entry 03 According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced nian (falling tone). Means to love. Also, a darkened sound, meaning to recall. According to the Five Tones Collection of Rhymes (Wuyin Jiyun), pronounced xian (falling tone). Same meaning.