Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Stone (shí) Kan Kangxi strokes: 16 Page 835, Entry 25 Guangyun (Expanded Rhymes) and Jiyun (Collected Rhymes) both state it is pronounced kan. The lower part of a mountain cliff. Also, according to Jiyun (Collected Rhymes), it refers to a mountain rock. Sometimes written in a variant form.