Chen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Say (yuē) 朁 Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 503, Entry 07 Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) states: pronounced can. Explaining Graphs (Shuowen) states: it means once. Book of Odes (Shijing) says: once not fearing the brightness. Commentary states: Xu Xuan says that the currently common character zan is a corruption of can. Note: In the Greater Odes of the Book of Odes, it is now written as can, meaning not fearing the brightness, which differs from the Explaining Graphs. Jade Chapters (Yupian) states: can is an opening particle for speech. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) states: pronounced qian. Yu-can is a county name. Note: Now written as qian. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) states: pronounced zen. The same as jian (meaning to feign or usurp). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) states: can is the ancient form of can. Note details in the Private (si) radical, nine strokes.