Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) Character: Yin Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 397, Entry 23 According to the Tang Dynasty Rhymes (Tangyun), the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and the Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui), the pronunciation is yin. According to the Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun), the pronunciation is yin. As defined in the Discussion of Writing (Shuowen), it means to grieve. Composed of the radical Heart and the phonetic element yin. In the Book of Odes (Shijing), Xiaoya section: With a heart full of grief. Also, the term yin-qin (attentively and with great care) refers to thoroughness and solicitude. Sometimes also written in a variant form. Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced yin (rising tone). It is interchangeable with the character yin.