Shen Collection, Lower Volume. Radical: Insect (chóng). Character: Qin. Kangxi stroke count: 16. Page 1093, Entry 17. Pronounced qin (rising tone). The name of an insect, similar to a cicada but smaller in size. It is also known as qing. Qing is the same as qin, characterized by a square-shaped head with patterns. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wei: Her forehead like a qin, her eyebrows like moth antennae. Commentary: A qin forehead refers to a broad and square forehead. Dream Pool Essays (Mengxi Bitan): A small green-colored cicada; people in the north call it qin. Also, in the Expanded Notes on the Erya (Erya Yi), a large fly is called a huqin.