You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Carriage (chē) Entry: Gun Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 1245, Entry 01 According to the Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun), the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and the Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), it is pronounced gun (third tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it refers to the appearance of carriage wheel hubs being equal. In the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), section Winter Officials, Artificers Record (Kaogongji): Look at their hubs, they should be rolling. According to the Origins of the Six Writings (Liushugu): Gun means to turn rapidly. Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), it is pronounced hun (first tone). The meaning is the same. It is commonly written in a variant form.