Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Xing Kangxi Strokes: 12 Page 1030, Entry 14 Pronounced xing. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen) states that xing is a variant of the character with the same meaning that uses the element hang. Lu Dian said that the word xing comes from the word for to move. Book of Odes (Shijing), Zhou Nan: Uneven is the floating heart-weed. Commentary: It is also known as jieyu. Sub-commentary: The stems are white, and the leaves are reddish-purple and perfectly round, with a diameter of about one inch. They float on the water surface while their roots are at the bottom, matching the depth of the water. The stems are as thick as a hairpin, green on top and white on the bottom. Boiling the white roots and soaking them in bitter vinegar makes for a rich and delicious appetizer to accompany wine. Yunhui states that the people of Chizhou refer to the plant as xing gong xu (the gentleman's beard weed), likely because the thin, tangled stems resemble a beard. Dongming Ji (Records of Penetrating the Mysteries): In the spirit pool there is a type of coin-shaped weed, the leaves of which resemble the patterns on coins. Also a surname. Zhengzitong: During the Han dynasty, there were people named Xing Buyi and Xing Wu. Sometimes written in a variant form.