Zi Collection, Middle Volume
Radical: Person (rén)
Character: Chan
Kangxi Stroke Count: 14
Page 116, Entry 28
Guangyun (Guangyun): Pronounced chan.
Yupian (Yupian): Chan-zhou, refers to vicious scolding.
Jiyun (Jiyun): Pronounced zhan (rising tone), meaning to manifest or reveal.
Book of Documents (Shangshu): Gonggong was then gathering and manifesting his achievements. Commentary: Then means for the time being. Gathering means to assemble. Manifesting means to show. This means Gonggong gathered and showed his achievements.
Zhengyun (Zhengyun): Pronounced zhuan, meaning to provide or prepare.
Zuo Si's Rhapsody on the Capital of Wei (Wei Du Fu): Providing timber from the mountain forests. Commentary: This means that the Wei state provided building materials when the construction of the palace was first initiated.