Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Meat (ròu) Fan Kangxi Strokes: 18 Page 994, Entry 25 Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced fan. Correct Rimes (Zhengyun): Pronounced fan. Explanation of Graphs (Shuowen): Cooked meat from the ancestral temple. In the Commentary of Zuo (Zuo Zhuan), it is written that when the Son of Heaven has rituals, he uses it to feast fellow clansmen among the feudal lords. Sometimes written with the meat radical. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Fan is liver. Commentary of Guliang (Guliang Zhuan), 14th Year of Duke Ding: What is a shen? It is the contents of a sacrificial stand, sacrificial meat. Raw meat is called shen, cooked meat is called fan. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Zhou: King Xian sent offerings of meat from the royal sacrifice to Duke Xiao of Qin. Annotation: Offering is fan meat. Also, in the Biography of Confucius (Kongzi Shijia): As if sending fan to the grand masters. Annotation: Fan is sacrificial meat. Biography of the Wife of Liu Changqing in the History of the Later Han (Houhan): When the district had sacrifices, they were sure to provide fan. Annotation: Fan is the leftover meat from a sacrifice. Also used interchangeably with fan (to roast). In the Commentary of Zuo (Zuo Zhuan), 22nd Year of Duke Xiang: With the text regarding offerings of roasted meat, the Explanation of Sounds (Shiwen) says: The character for roast was also written as fan. Commentary of Guliang (Guliang Zhuan), 14th Year of Duke Ding: Cooked is called fan. Explanation of Sounds (Shiwen): Originally written as fan. Also, Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced pan. Meaning large belly. Also pronounced po. Same meaning.