Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Lan Kangxi strokes: 25 Page 664, Entry 08 Pronounced lan. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to rice washing water. In the commentary to the Official of Earth, Rice Collector in the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), it is written that the remnants are called pan lan. Commonly written as lan. Also pronounced lan (rising tone). Also pronounced lan (falling tone). The meaning is the same.