Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Character: Xian Kangxi strokes: 13 Page 269, Entry 09 Pronounced xian (level tone) according to The Expanded Dictionary of Rhymes (Guangyun), The Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and the Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui), and pronounced xian (level tone) according to the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means a feeling of injustice in the heart. Another definition is suspicion. Book of Rites (Liji), Section on Summary of Propriety (Quli): Propriety is that by which one determines intimacy or distance and settles suspicions. Book of Rites (Liji), Section on Summary of Propriety (Quli): Propriety does not taboo names that sound like names that cause suspicion. History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Feng Yi: The Emperor said, what is it that the General suspects or doubts, that you have a fearful attitude? Book of Tang (Tangshu), Biography of Yuchi Jingde: The Prince of Qin said to Yuchi Jingde, a man of spirit trusts another, do not let minor suspicions weigh on your mind. In The Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is sometimes written as the variant form (qian).