Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) Zhi Kangxi stroke count: 19 Page 407, Entry 23 Ancient script form. According to the Collected Rimes (Jiyun), pronounced zhi. The meaning is angry and perverse. Book of Documents (Shu): The people of the Xia dynasty, greedy and perverse, yet they called themselves respectful. Also pronounced chi. The meaning is the same. Also pronounced zhi. The meaning is the same. According to the Broad Expositions (Boya), the meaning is to stop. Also pronounced zhi. The meaning is also to stop. Originally written in a variant form. According to the Standard Character Mastery (Zhengzitong), it is also the same as zhi.