Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Dan Kangxi Stroke Count: 18 Page 899, Entry 01 Pronounced dan Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): A type of container (si). Han Dynasty Statutes and Decrees: A dan is a small basket. Pianhai (Sea of Characters): A vessel made of bamboo or reeds. Zheng Kangcheng stated: A vessel for holding rice; if round it is called a dan, if square it is called a si. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), Section on Scholar Capping Rites: Combs placed in a dan. Analects (Lunyu): A single bamboo basket of rice. Commentary: A dan is a si (container). Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): Dan-si, a small box. Also the name of a bamboo. Ji Han, Flora and Fauna of the Southern Regions (Nanfang Caomu Zhuang): The dan bamboo has sparse and large leaves, with intervals between nodes measuring five to six feet. Also, a gourd dipper is called a dan. Yang Xiong, Regional Dialects (Fangyan): A vessel for liquid (li), in the regions between Chen, Chu, Song, and Wei, is sometimes called a dan, sometimes referred to by other names, or called a gourd dipper (piao). Ji Han of the Jin Dynasty, Flora and Fauna of the Southern Regions (Nanfang Caomu Zhuang).