Wei Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Silk (mì)
Kangxi Strokes: 21
Page 943, Entry 03
Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Pronounced chan (rising tone).
Collected Rimes (Jiyun) and Rime Meetings (Yunhui): Pronounced chan (rising tone).
Explanation of Characters (Shuowen): To wrap.
Jade Chapters (Yupian): To bind.
Broad Rimes (Guangyun): To tie.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Tang, Commentary on "Bundling Firewood": Closely intertwined, meaning entangled.
Also a surname.
Broad Rimes (Guangyun): During the Han dynasty, there was a Master Chan who wrote books.
Also Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Pronounced chan (falling tone). Same meaning.
Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Sometimes written in a variant form (chan).
Categorized Chapters (Leipian): Sometimes written in a simplified form (chan).
Text of the Five Classics (Wujing Wenzi): Chan is commonly written as chan.
The original character for chan is composed of...