Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Stone (shí) Character: Lian Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 834, Entry 32 According to Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Anthology (Yunhui), pronounced lian. According to Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), pronounced lian. According to Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it refers to a whetstone. Another definition states it is a red color. Also, there is the term lian-ren. In Hans Han's Exoteric Commentary on the Book of Odes (Hanshi Waizhuan), it is stated: There are four aspects to the path of humaneness; lian is the lowest. If one is humane in a lian manner, their virtue is not profound. The commentary explains: Lian means to be calculating or overly exacting in one's pursuit of humaneness; it is different from sage humaneness, wise humaneness, or virtuous humaneness. Also, in Supplement to the Dictionary (Zihui Bu), it is the ancient form of the character for honest or inexpensive (lian). The entry is explained in detail under the Radical: Wide (guang), ten strokes.