Wu Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Jade (yù)
玷
Kangxi stroke count: 10
Page 728, Entry 30
Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced dian (falling tone).
Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): A flaw on a piece of jade.
Expanded Rhymes (Zengyun): A defect or damage.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes (Daya): A flaw in a white jade tablet.
Commentary: Dian means a defect or damage.
History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Biography of Wei Cheng: Wei Cheng also wrote a poem, describing his own encounters with defect and hardship.
Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced dian (third tone). The meaning is the same.
Also, Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced dian (level tone). Identical to the character (dian). The term (dian duo) refers to weighing objects with one's hand.
Jade Chapters (Yupian): Sometimes written in the variant form (dian).