Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) 慫 Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 399, Entry 29 Pronounced song Pronounced song Pronounced zong Shuowen Jiezi (Analytical Dictionary of Characters) defines this as fear or fright. The structure is composed of the heart radical and the character meaning to follow. It also appears in the term meaning to persuade or instigate. The Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) notes it is also pronounced zong, with the same meaning.