Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Rain (yǔ) Character: dan Kangxi stroke count: 20 Page 1378, Entry 09 Collected Rimes (Jiyun) and Anthology of Rimes (Yunhui): Pronounced dan (rising tone). Collected Rimes (Jiyun): dan, thick, dense clouds. Also, Rhapsody on the Capital of Wu (Wudu Fu) by Zuo Si: Night dew is dan. Commentary: dan, the appearance of dew hanging down. Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Sometimes written as a variant form. Also, Collected Rimes (Jiyun) and Anthology of Rimes (Yunhui): Pronounced dan (falling tone). Collected Rimes (Jiyun): The appearance of clouds. Clouds are called dan. Sometimes written as a variant form.