Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Page 1320, Entry 19 Pronounced chan (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): A tool for scraping. Also defined as to level. Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): An iron tool for leveling wood. Also according to Zheng Yun (Correct Rhymes), it is the same as the character for leveling or scraping. Sea Rhapsody (Haifu) by Mu Hua: Scraping away the land and mounds near the cliffs. Poetry by Du Fu: With the intention of leveling obstacles. Also means to diminish or prune. History of Tang (Tangshu): Burying one's brilliance and pruning one's talent. Biography of Zi Ang: Leveling mountains and hauling stones. Also used interchangeably with the character for produce or product. Wucheng Rhapsody (Wucheng fu) by Bao Zhao: Harvesting the profit of the copper mountains. Pronounced chan (falling tone). Same meaning as above. Pronounced chan (rising tone). Boya (Broad Collection): A skewer or spike is called a chan.