Wu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Jade (yù) Lian Kangxi strokes: 16 Page 741, Entry 08 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced nian (rising tone). Original Explanations of Characters (Shuowen): Originally written as the character with the wood radical, referring to a ritual grain vessel. Derived from the wood radical, with the phonetic element lian. Sometimes written as lian. Book of Rites (Liji), Mingtangwei: The Xia dynasty used four lian, the Shang dynasty used six hu, and the Zhou dynasty used eight gui vessels. Analects (Lunyu): A hu-lian vessel. Commentary: A container for millet used in ancestral temples. Also in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ling yan (rising tone). Identical to the character lian. See the detailed entry under the walk radical for the character lian.