Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) 惴 Kangxi Stroke Count: 13 Page 392, Entry 27 Pronounced zhui (falling tone) According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it denotes worry and fear. It is formed from the heart radical with the sound component zhuan. With trembling fear — Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Qin. Additionally, per the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced gua. It describes a nature that is prone to obstruction. Also, in a poetic rhyme (ye), pronounced zhuan. Trembling with fear as if standing on the edge of a deep abyss — Gold Casket (Jinkui) attributed to Taigong. The term trembling with fear constitutes a clause, and it rhymes with the word abyss.