Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Clothing (yī) Character: Jian Kangxi Stroke Count: 25 Page 1127, Entry 29 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced jian (falling tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui): Pronounced jian (falling tone). Explanation: In the Shuo Wen Jie Zi (Shuowen), it is defined as a padded garment. Categorized Chapters (Leipian): When padded with raw silk, it is called jian; when padded with old or inferior silk, it is called pao (padded robe). Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Silk batting attached to a garment. Book of Rites (Liji): Raw silk padding is called jian, and inferior silk padding is called pao. Erya (Erya): Pao is jian. Annotation: Zuo Zhuan (Zuozhuan) mentions heavy padded garments and fur robes. Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui): Often written in the variant form jian.