Chou Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Earth (tǔ) Kan Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 237, Entry 26 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Compendium of Rhymes (Jiyun), Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced kan (falling tone). A dangerous embankment. Colloquially, when soil protrudes and stands upright, it is called kan.