Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) Character: Yi Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 388, Entry 23 Contains specialized script form (zhouwen). For detailed explanation, refer to the commentary for the character Yi. Compendium of the Six Writings (Liushu Zongyao): Composed of the elements for heart and words; it is a phono-semantic compound character. Wei Xiao states: When the heart desires to accomplish something, it cannot be expressed without words. The small seal script form employs the sound element to write the character meaning intent, and the original meaning thereby became obscured.