Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) Ning Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 120, Entry 10 Pronounced ning. To be weak and distressed. From the Poetry of Han Yu: Start to understand the joy of the teachings of the sages, why bother being constrained by distress. Also from the Book of Tang (Tangshu), Biography of Liu Yuxi: The music played back and forth, the sound was rough and awkward. Note: A sound of mutual calling. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is also written as a variant form (ning).