Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Page 943, Entry 01 Pronounced chan. Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): To wind around. Yupian (Jade Chapters): To bind. Guangyun (Expanded Rhymes): To tie up. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Tang, "Bound in bundles": Silk threads intertwined is defined as to wind around. Also a surname. Guangyun: During the Han dynasty, there was a Master Chan who authored books. Pronounced chan (falling tone): Same meaning. Jiyun (Collective Rhymes): Sometimes written as a variant form (chan). Leipian (Categorized Chapters): Sometimes abbreviated as (chan). Wujing Wenzi (The Five Classics Texts): The standard character is written as (chan); the common form is written as (chan). The original character is composed with the silk radical.