You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Xin Kangxi strokes: 11 Page 1150, Entry 06 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xin. Explanation from the Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen): Happiness. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Joy. Interchangeable with xin. Mencius (Mengzi): Feeling joyful for a lifetime, forgetting the world in one's happiness. Commentary: Xin is the same as xin. Former Han History (Qianhan), Memorial of Jia Shan: The world was happy, saying that the way of Yao and Shun and the achievements of the Three Kings would flourish. Also, a personal name. Huang Xin, see Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji). Wang Xin, see Book of Han (Hanshu). Also, a surname. Xin Fan, a person during the time of Emperor Zhang of Han, who studied calendars and mathematics. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced yin; Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): Pronounced yin. The appearance of harmony and respect. Former Han History (Qianhan), Biography of Shi Fen: The servants were harmonious and respectful. Commentary: Xin-xin is the same as yin-yin. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) also writes it as yan-yan. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xi. To steam or rise like vapor. Book of Rites (Liji), Record of Music: Heaven and Earth steam together, and Yin and Yang obtain one another. Commentary: Read xin as xi, meaning the same as steaming. Sub-commentary: This means that music moves heaven and earth, causing the two vital breaths to steam and move. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xi (rising tone). Also happiness.