Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: White (bái) Qian Kangxi Stroke Count: 13 Page 788, Entry 22 Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced qian (falling tone), same pronunciation as qian (falling tone). Used to describe a clean, white appearance. Also used as a personal name. History of Song (Songshi), Biographies of the Imperial Clan, records a person named Shi Qian, who was a descendant of Emperor Taizong.