Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Jian Kangxi Stroke Count: 21 Page 661, Entry 01 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun): Pronounced jian (falling tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced jian (falling tone). Explained by the Shuowen Jiezi as water arriving. Jian is sometimes written in a variant form (jian). Book of Changes (Yijing), Hexagram Kan: Water arrives in succession. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zun. Meaning is the same. Also, Tang Rhyme (Tangyun): Pronounced jian (level tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced jian (level tone). Meaning is the same. One source identifies it as the name of a river. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced qian (level tone). Meaning is the same. Also, Pronounced cun (falling tone). Appearance of water emerging. Verification notes: The Shuowen Jiezi states it means water arriving. The Book of Changes (Yijing), Hexagram Kan, records the character as jian. The Stone Classics (Shijing) uses the variant jian. We note that the Shuowen Jiezi entry for the character jian did not cite the Book of Changes text, so it cannot be directly referenced under the Hexagram Kan entry. The Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) states that jian is sometimes written as jian. We have corrected the text to read: jian is sometimes written as jian, and the Book of Changes, Hexagram Kan, reads water arrives in succession.