Xu Collection, Middle Volume, Radical: Mound (fù) Stroke Count: 17 Page 1357, Entry 07 Pronounced niè (falling tone) — Tang Yun Pronounced niè (falling tone) — Jiyun, Yunhui Meaning: Danger. Composed of "person" (rén) and a shortened form of "destroy" (huǐ). Xu Xun interpreted it as an omen of disaster. Ban Gu stated it means instability. Example: "The state is in turmoil and unstable." — Book of Documents (Shu) Also: Meaning: Law and order. — Shuowen, as explained by Jia Shizhong. Variant form: 臲. — Yùpiān Also written as: 挚, 棿, 倪. — Jiyun