Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower. Radical: Knife (dao). Kangxi stroke count: 5. Page 136, entry 17. Jade Chapters (Yupian) records the pronunciation as a fanqie (syllabic fusion) of qi and jian. The meaning is to cut or carve. Collected Rhymes (Yunhui) notes that the character kan is written with the element gan as in weapons, whereas this character is written with the element qian, and they are distinct characters. Textual Research: Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Autumn Offices (Qiuguan) states that on the day of the summer solstice, the Zha official commands the felling and burning of trees on the southern side of the mountains. Note: Following the original text, the phrase zhi ri is corrected to ri zhi.