Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) 悬 Kangxi stroke count: 20 Page 408, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) all state it is pronounced xuan. Originally written as xian. Explication of Written Characters (Shuowen): to tie or hang. Sometimes written with the heart radical. Mencius (Mengzi): Similar to untying one who is hung upside down. Also, a variant pronunciation (yuan). Western Capital Rhapsody (Xijing Fu) by Zhang Heng: The inner palace does not shift, music does not move its suspended instruments. The gate guards provide curtains and tents, and the officials distinguish them by their materials.