Chen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Death (dǎi) 殮 Kangxi Stroke Count: 17 Page 583, Entry 38 Guangyun (Expanded Rhymes), Jiyun (Combined Rhymes), Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes): Pronounced lian (falling tone). To shroud a corpse. Shiming (Explanation of Names): To shroud means to gather, to clothe the dead. In the classics and histories, it is written as lian. Book of Rites (Liji), Tan Gong: The minor enshrouding takes place within the door, the major enshrouding takes place on the eastern steps.