Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Character: ren Kangxi Stroke Count: 14 Page 1304, Entry 12 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) state it is pronounced ren. Word Forest (Zilin) defines it as damp or moist. Fine Collection (Boya) defines it as curling. Furthermore, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) states it is pronounced nin. The term chen-nin describes a sound that is obstructed or not flowing smoothly. In the Rhapsody on the Bamboo Flute (Dongxiao Fu) by Wang Bao, it is written as walking with chen-nin and he-luo. The commentary states that for the character ren, it is pronounced with the sound of nu and jin. Chen-nin describes a sound that is obstructed or not flowing smoothly. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) notes it is sometimes also written in a variant form (shen).