Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) Character: Nan Kangxi Stroke Count: 23 Page 409, Entry 11 Pronounced nan (dipping tone) Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Characters): Respect. Formed from the heart radical with nan acting as the phonetic component. Pronounced nian (rising tone) Jiyun (Compilation of Rhymes): Fear. Book of Odes (Shijing), Eulogies of Shang: Neither fearful nor terrified.