Wu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Jade (yù) Jian; Kangxi strokes: 14; Page 737, Entry 03 Pronounced zhen. Guangyun (Broad Rhymes) says it is a stone resembling jade. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Jianle stone. Commentary: Jianle is a stone that is secondary to jade. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): At Ge Mountain there is much Jian stone. Commentary: A hard stone that looks like jade. Also pronounced jian. Sometimes written as a variant form (qian). Also pronounced xian. The meaning is the same.