Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: Pan Kangxi strokes: 19 Page 659, Entry 01 Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) state: pronounced pan. It means the swirling of water. Also, the Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui) notes it is commonly written as pan. In a poem by Han Yu: The flowing water swirls and turns three hundred times. It is also written as pan. In the Book of Master Lie (Liezi), Yellow Emperor Chapter: The swirling eddies of the salamander become pools. The commentary notes: pan is pronounced pan. It refers to the swirling of water.