Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Kangxi stroke count: 20 Page 462, Entry 39 Pronounced qian (level tone). Pronounced qian (level tone). Pronounced qian (level tone). The pronunciation is the same as qian (level tone). Shuowen Jiezi defines this as lifting one's clothing. According to the Book of Odes (Shijing), it is recorded: Lifting the skirt to wade through the Zhen River. The character qian is the standard orthography. Also, according to Jiyun, pronounced yan (level tone). The pronunciation is the same as the character with no specified form. The meaning is the same.