Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Dog (quǎn) 狷 Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 711, Entry 28 Pronounced juàn. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Narrow and impatient. Derived from Dog (quǎn), with the sound provided by (yuān). Jiyun (Compendium of Rhymes): To have something one will not do. Analects (Lunyu): The cautious (juàn) person is one who has things they will not do. Discourses of the States (Jin Yu): Careful and restrained (juàn jiè), daring not to act. History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Yin Xing: Feng was also impatient (juàn jí). Commentary: Cautious (juàn) means fast or impatient. Also pronounced juàn. Also pronounced xuàn. Sometimes written in a variant form (juàn). Meaning is the same. Also pronounced juān. Also signifies having things one will not do. Also in Yu Pian (Jade Chapters): To be suspicious or hesitant. Note: The Guangyun and Jiyun dictionaries write this as (juàn). The character (juàn) is derived from (quǎn). The Zihui (Collection of Characters) notes that it is a common form of (yuán). The original character (juàn) is derived from (quǎn) and not from (yuān).