Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) qin Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 1038, Entry 31 Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced qin. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): A vegetable similar to mugwort. The Rites of Zhou (Zhouli) mentions pickled qin. Also, in Jade Chapters (Yupian) and Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced jin. In Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xie. The meaning is the same.