Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) 惘 Kangxi Dictionary strokes: 12 Page 391, Entry 06 Guangyun (Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings): Pronounced wang (falling tone). Jiyun (Compilation of Sounds and Meanings), Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes), and Zhengyun (Corrected Rhymes): Pronounced wang (rising tone). Jiyun (Compilation of Sounds and Meanings): Wang describes a state of being dispirited. It refers to the appearance of being dazed or blankly ignorant due to circumstances not meeting one's expectations. It also describes a state of being panicked and hurried. Zhang Heng, Thinking Rhapsody (Si Fu): Dazed and not knowing which way to turn. Also used interchangeably with the variant form wang. History of the Former Han Dynasty (Qianhan Shu), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Feeling dispirited and pacing back and forth without moving forward. Commentary: It means to be disappointed or lose heart.