Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: Luan Kangxi Stroke Count: 23 Page 663, Entry 14 Pronounced luan. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to water leaking or flowing. Another source defines it as soaking or steeping. In the Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguo Ce), it is written that the Luan water eroded the tomb. Also pronounced luan. Refers to water flowing across a desert dune or a sand hill. Another source states that a boat crossing a turbulent current is referred to as luan. It is also commonly written in the variant form luan. Also pronounced lian. Meaning is the same as the previous definitions. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is also written as Luan or in a variant form.