Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Sickness (bìng) Yin Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 777, Entry 13 Pronounced yin Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): A sickness where one cannot speak. Shiping (Shiming): Yin means to be silent and have no voice. Book of Rites (Liji), Royal Regulations (Wangzhi): The mute, the deaf, the lame, the crippled, and the dwarfed—all craftsmen shall be provided for according to their tools. Sub-commentary: Yin refers to a mouth that cannot speak. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin: To moan and not speak is not as good as the gestures of the mute and deaf. Huainanzi, Teachings on the Art of the Ruler (Zhushuxun): Therefore, Gao Yao was mute yet served as the Grand Judge, and there was no tyranny under heaven. Also the name of an insect. Yangzi, Dialect (Fangyan): Called the cold cicada. The cold cicada is the yin cicada. Also, according to Jiyun, pronounced jin. Intense pain. Also, according to the Yunhui Xiaobu, an ancient form of the character yin (shade). Note detailed in the Mound (fù) radical, eight strokes section.