Chou Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Earth (tǔ) Entry: 壈 Kangxi Stroke Count: 16 Page 240, Entry 25 Pronounced lan (falling rising tone) The appearance of being rough, uneven, or lacking success. The Book of Chu (Chuci), Nine Arguments (Jiubian): A rough and uneven road for the impoverished scholar, having lost his position, his heart and ambition are unsettled. Sometimes also written in a variant form (lin).