You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 1152, Entry 24 Jade Chapters (Yupian), Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced zhen (third tone). Guangyun: Pronounced zhen (third tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zhen (third tone). Same as the pronunciation for the character zhen (third tone). Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): To look at. Jade Chapters (Yupian): To examine. Biography of Wang Qiao in the Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu): The imperial edict directed the imperial physician to examine and inspect. Commentary: Zhen also means to look at. Zhuangzi, In the World of Men (Renjianshi): Artisan Shi awoke and interpreted his dream. Commentary: To interpret and verify. Also, Guangyun: Pulse. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Master Cang: To feel and examine his pulse. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Treatise on Literature: Discussing illness to reach the state, tracing the examination to understand governance. Commentary: Zhen means to examine and verify. It refers to observing one's pulse and complexion. Also, Jade Chapters (Yupian): Pronounced zhen (fourth tone). Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zhen (fourth tone). Meaning is the same. Also, rhymes with the character lin (second tone), with zhen in the level tone. Urgent Manuscript (Jijiuzhang): Changing fights, killings, and injuries to capture the neighbors; the pavilion chief and roving patrols all conduct mixed inspections. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written as a variant form.