Yin Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Bristle (shān) Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 363, Entry 21 Pronounced cai (falling tone). Explained in the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi) as literary refinement or adornment. The structure of the graph utilizes the bristle radical with the element cai as the phonetic component. Explained in the Extensive Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings (Guangyun) as brilliance or luster. Noted in the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) as a variant form used interchangeably with the character cai.