Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) 喘 Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 198, Entry 30 Pronounced chuan (rising tone) Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Rapid breathing. Guangyun (Guangyun): Gasping. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Cang Gong: Causes a person to have labored, reversed breathing and inability to eat. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Biography of Wang Bao: Chest heaving and skin sweating. Yangzi, Dialect (Fangyan): To pant, to turn. Jiyun (Jiyun): Sometimes also written in a variant form (chuǎn). Zhengyun (Zhengyun): A faint, subtle utterance. Xunzi, On the Way of the Minister (Chendao pian): To speak while panting. Sometimes also written in a variant form (duān). Xunzi, Encouraging Learning (Quanxue pian): To speak while panting. Note: Duān is read as chuǎn.