Si Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Strip (piàn). 9 strokes. Page 693, Entry 15. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced pan (falling tone). Jade Chapters (Yupian): Means half, or to divide. Songs of Chu (Chuci): Back and chest parted in intersecting pain, my heart is deeply knotted and twisted in grief. Also, Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), Commentary on Mourning Apparel: Husband and wife are joined by halves. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): To join by halves, uniting their two halves to become husband and wife. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Also written as pan (falling tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes also written in a variant form (piàn).