Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bamboo (zhú) Fan Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 892, Entry 10 Pronounced fan. Guangyun (Comprehensive Rhymes): A model, a pattern, a mold. Book of Changes (Yijing), Appended Remarks: To encompass the transformations of heaven and earth without exceeding them. Commentary: Fan refers to a model or mold. Book of Documents (Shujing), Great Plan Commentary: When King Wu conquered the Shang dynasty, he inquired about the Way from Jizi, who explained the great laws of heaven and earth, narrated these matters, and composed the Great Plan. Erya (Approaching Elegance), Explaining Words: Fan means a constant. Commentary: Fan is the constant of a model or law. Also a surname. In the Han dynasty there was Fan Yi, and in the Song dynasty there was Fan Yu.