Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Fan: 19 Page 1061, Entry 31 Pronounced fan. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters): A green plant like sedge. Zhang Heng, Southern Capital Rhapsody (Nandu Fu): Its grasses include various types such as the creeping hemp, the nettle, the fan, and the bulrush. Also used interchangeably with the character pronounced fen. Book of Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Spring Officials, Carriage Officials: A white carriage with a fan screen. Commentary: The term fan is read as fan.