Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Clothing (yī) Pan Kangxi strokes: 25 Page 1127, Entry 30 According to Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), the pronunciation is pan (falling tone). According to Classification of Characters (Leipian), a loop or tie on clothing is called a pan. Yu Xin in Mirror Rhapsody (Jingfu): A diagonal skirt requires a loop. Liu Xiaobiao poem: Though the loop and belt are secure, I cannot bear to sew them; I cut the opening and thread it, yet it remains incomplete. Han Yu poem: The man is cold and hampered by his books, the wife is thin, leaving only the waist loop. According to Classification of Characters (Leipian), sometimes written in the variant forms of pàn and pàn.