Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: Chan Kangxi Stroke Count: 24 Page 663, Entry 31 Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Pronounced chan (falling tone). Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced chan (falling tone), and also pronounced chan (rising tone). A name of a river. Approaching Elegance (Erya), Explanation of Water: The Wen River is called the Chan. Commentary: The name given to a small body of water that originates from the overflow of a large river.