Wu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Tile (wǎ) Dàn Kangxi stroke count: 9 Page 748, Entry 16 According to the Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the pronunciation is dan (third tone), sounding the same as dan (third tone). The Broad Elegant (Boya) explains that a dan is a bottle. Additionally, the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) states that one theory identifies it as a type of earthenware. Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the pronunciation is chen (second tone), sounding the same as chen (second tone). Yang Xiong's Dialects (Fangyan) records that a ying (a type of container) is called a dan in the Linggui region. The smaller versions of these are also called dan. The Explanation of Text (Shiwen) provides the pronunciation as dan (third tone), and it may also be read as chen (second tone). Furthermore, the pronunciation is dan (first tone), sounding the same as dan (first tone). This refers to a large ying that can hold one shi (a unit of volume).