Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) Character: qín Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 399, Entry 31 Broad Rimes (Guangyun) and Collected Rimes (Jiyun) state it is pronounced qin. Broad Rimes (Guangyun) defines it as sorrow and grief. Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals (Gongyang Zhuan), eighth year of Duke Ding: Through suffering and grief, one may then be spared. Also means brave. Master Lie (Liezi), Record of Symbols (Shuofu): One cannot establish bravery in the world. Also, Broad Rimes (Guangyun) and Collected Rimes (Jiyun) state it is pronounced jin. Broad Rimes (Guangyun) defines it as sincere. Additionally, Collected Rimes (Jiyun) states it is pronounced jin. It means sorrow. Additionally, Collected Rimes (Jiyun) states it is pronounced jin. It means barely or only.