You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Foot (zú) Character: Chan Kangxi Strokes: 22 Page 1235, Entry 41 Pronounced chan. According to the Explaining and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it means to tread or trample. Xu states that it refers to the path traveled by celestial bodies during their movement. According to the Dialect (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong, the term implies wandering or patrolling. It also refers to movement or experience, such as the movement of the sun, which is referred to as chan. According to the Er Ya, it means to walk. It also refers to the marks or tracks left by walking. According to the History of the Former Han (Qianhanshu), regarding the Records of Music and Calendars, it is used to determine the lunar phases, the solar terms, the conjunctions and oppositions of the sun and moon, and their orbital movements. The commentator Ying Shao notes that chan refers to a path. According to the Er Ya, Explanation of Beasts, it refers to footprints, which the commentator defines as the places where feet have stepped. In Zuo Si's Rhapsody on the Capital of Wu (Wudu Fu), it refers to the paths traversed by heroic figures, with the commentator defining it as experience or walking. According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), it is sometimes written with the character for extend as a variant form. Also, according to the Collection of Rhymes, it is pronounced zhen. It refers to moving or walking and following a course.