Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Can Kangxi Stroke Count: 18 Page 1057, Entry 06 Pronounced zhan Equaling to command. Commentary in Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), Seventeenth Year of Duke Wen: Our ruler has come to court to prepare and arrange affairs. Also, according to Regional Expressions (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong, it means to loosen or resolve. Also, according to Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui), it means to prepare.