Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) Han Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 387, Entry 01 Pronounced han. Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): Brave. Derived from Heart, with Han acting as the phonetic component. Cangjie Pian (Cangjie Chapter): Fierce. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Spring Officials, Grand Overseer commentary: The nature of the people of Chu is hasty and fierce. Also, pronounced han. Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes) and Leipian (Classified Chapters): Hasty in nature. Commonly written as the variant form han. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Jia Yi: When water is agitated it becomes fierce. Commentary: Read the same as han. Also, pronounced han. Wuyin Jiyun (Five Tones Collection of Rhymes): Pronounced han. Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes): Pronounced han. The meaning is the same.