You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Jian Kangxi strokes: 22 Page 1185, Entry 18 Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced jian (falling tone) Compendium of Characters (Zihui): Shallow Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Li Si: Ability is thin and talent is shallow. Also used in personal names. Xi Jian and Ru Jian, see History of the Song Dynasty (Songshi), Table of the Imperial Clan. Correct Meaning Thoroughfare (Zhengzitong): Originally written as the character variant. Originally: The same as the characters for shallow (jian) and thin (qian).