Chen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Bad (dǎi) Entry: Lian Kangxi stroke count: 17 Page 583, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced lian (falling tone). To shroud. Explaining Names (Shiming): To shroud is to gather, to dress the dead. In the classics and histories, it is written with the character for gather (lian). Book of Rites (Liji), Zuo's Bow section (Tan Gong): The minor shrouding takes place within the door, the major shrouding on the eastern steps.