You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Zheng Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 1165, Entry 04 Compendium of Characters (Zihui bu): Pronounced zhen. Liezi (Liezi), Huangdi Chapter: If one does not repent, it will not stop. Pronunciation and Meaning: The word for sin should be written as the word for sprout, and the pronunciation of the entry is zheng. Based on this, it should be pronounced zheng (falling tone).