Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Page 942, Entry 09 Pronounced qian (rising tone). In the Expanded Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings (Guangyun) and the Collected Runic Dictionary (Jiyun), it is pronounced qian (rising tone). According to the Analytical Dictionary of Characters: Newly Appended Characters (Shuowen Xinfu Zi), the term qianquan refers to being closely attached and inseparable. See the entry for quan for a detailed explanation. Additionally, in the Collected Runic Dictionary (Jiyun), it is pronounced qian (rising tone). The meaning is the same.