Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Dog (quǎn) 15 strokes Page 718, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced xian. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced chuan, with the same pronunciation as the character meaning to slander. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Records that the animal known as a lianhu is a type of wild beast. Its appearance resembles a monkey. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Records that it resembles a monkey but its fur is white. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes also written in a variant form (chan). Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced chan. The meaning is the same.