Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) Character: Zhi Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 401, Entry 02 Pronounced zhi. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it means to be fearful. It is composed of the heart radical with zhi acting as the phonetic component. Also pronounced ji. Also pronounced zhi. The meaning is the same. Also pronounced zhe. In the Zhuangzi, section Tian Zifang, it is written: appearing as if not a human being. The commentary by Sima Biao states that it denotes a state of stillness. It is interchangeable with zhe, meaning to lose one's breath or to submit. In the Biography of Zhu Bo from the Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), it states that the powerful and overbearing were subdued and submissive. Also pronounced nie. It also means to be terrified.