Hai Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Horse (mǎ) Entry: tan Kangxi strokes: 22 Page 1445, Entry 21 Pronounced dian Jade Chapters (Yupian): A black horse with a yellow spine. Expanded Rhymes (Zengyun): When the hair on a horse's lower leg is white, it is called tan. This refers to the white hair located on the lower leg. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Lu (Lu song): There are horses with white-legged hair, there are fish. Also pronounced tan. Also pronounced dian. The meaning is the same.