Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Enclosure (wéi) Jian; Kangxi stroke count: 6 Page 216, Entry 24 According to the Sound of Collections (Jiyun), it is pronounced jian (third tone). The sound is the same as the character for difficult. In the Fujian region, people refer to children as jian. According to the Correct Character Guide (Zhengzitong), in the Fujian dialect, it is pronounced similarly to the sound of the character for slaughter. According to the Miscellaneous Records of the Green Box (Qingxiang Zaji), during the Tang dynasty, children from Fujian were selected to become eunuchs, which inspired Gu Kuang to write the Lament of the Child Poem. There are also the poems The Child Departs from the Father and The Father Departs from the Child, which are used to express satire. Langba is the term used by people in Fujian to address a father. Also according to the Sound of Collections (Jiyun), it is pronounced yue (fourth tone). The sound is the same as the character for moon. This is a character created by Empress Wu Zetian of the Tang dynasty.