Chen Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Compare (bǐ)
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Kangxi stroke count: 17
Page 591, Entry 18
Guangyun: Pronounced chan (rising tone). Jiyun, Yunhui, and Zhengyun: Pronounced chan (rising tone).
Shuowen: A cunning rabbit. Another definition refers to a rabbit that is particularly agile and outstanding.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes: The agile and quick rabbit is caught once it encounters a hunting dog.
Zhang Heng, Western Capital Rhapsody (Xijing Fu): The agile rabbits link together.
Also refers to a type of sandalwood tree.
Records of the Grand Historian: Lineage of Confucius (Kongzi Shijia) commentary: The Imperial Viewing (Huanglan) records that there are chan sandalwood trees beside the grave of Confucius. The Suoyin commentary states: Chan sandalwood is an alternative name for the sandalwood tree.
Jiyun: Pronounced chan (level tone). Refers to an alternative name for the planet Mercury.
Jiyun: Sometimes written as a variant form with the dog radical.