Mao Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Script (wén) Kangxi Strokes: 12 Page 477, Entry 11 Pronounced ban. A variant form of the character for variegated patterns. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced ban. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhymes Compiled (Yunhui): Pronounced ban. Mixed colors are referred to as ban. Book of Rites (Liji), section Tan Gong: With the variegated patterns of a leopard head. Also pronounced lian. Cao Zhi, Seven Revelations (Qi Qi): His body does not resist, his bones do not hide behind his fists. He slaps the bear and crushes its paws, he pulls the tiger and destroys its variegated coat.