You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Lan Kangxi Stroke Count: 24 Page 1187, Entry 01 Pronounced lan. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): To slander or falsely accuse. Yupian: To impose false accusations upon someone. Biography of the Three Princes of Wen in the History of the Former Han (Hanshu): Wang Yang, while ill, spoke slanderous words and fabricated his testimony. Commentary by Shigu: Lan means to falsely accuse or conceal. Biography of Gu Yong in the History of the Former Han (Hanshu): Full of slander and deceiving Heaven. Commentary by Shigu: This refers to deception and falsehood. Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu Fanlu): Examine their names and realities, observe their separations and unions, and the true nature of right and wrong cannot be concealed or falsely accused. Commentary: Lan means the imposition of slanderous words. Guangyun: Deceptive speech. Biography of Zhang Liang in the History of the Tang (Tangshu): Liang spoke in his defense, saying: We prisoners fear death and have been falsely accused. Sound and Meaning: Deceptive speech. Also pronounced lan (rising tone). Also pronounced lan (falling-rising tone). The meaning is the same. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Sometimes written in a variant form (chàn). Jiyun: Sometimes written in a variant form (jiàn).