You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Cowrie (bèi) Character: Gan Kangxi stroke count: 21 Page 1212, Entry 40 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced gan (falling tone). Gan is also written as gan. Name of a county. The Zhang and Gong rivers merge here, and because a county was established at this location, it was named after it. Located in Nankang Prefecture. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written as variant forms. Also written as variant forms.