Chen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Lack (qiàn) Character: Xua Kangxi Stroke Count: 16 Page 572, Entry 16 The original form of the character. According to the Record of the Six Writings (Liushu Gu), it refers to the sudden gathering of air like a flame. In the Four Talismans chapter of the Guan Yinzi, it is written: My spirit suddenly arises and does not extinguish. In the Zhang Heng (Zhang Heng) Rhymed Essay on Thinking (Si Fu), it is written: Suddenly transforming, like a cicada shedding its shell. In the preface to the Song of Thinking of Returning (Si Gui Yin) by Shi Chong (Shi Chong), it is written: Suddenly I find myself constrained and lingering among the nine ranks. All these are the same as the character xua. It means suddenly or swiftly. Further details are in the note for the character xua.