Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) 僉 Kangxi strokes: 13 Page: 115 Ancient script (gǔwén) From the Guangyun, Jiyun, Yunhui, and ZhengYun dictionaries: pronounced qiānlián. It means all, complete. Also means many people speaking together. The Book of Documents (Shujing) records in the "Canon of Yao": "All said: Alas, Gun!" Also, the Yangzi Fayan (Yángzǐ Fāngyán) states: "From the mountains eastward, the environs of five states are called qiān." Furthermore, a flail is also called qiān; it is a tool for threshing grain. General gist: The character qiān (僉) is formed from the radical jí (亼) and the character xuān (吅), conveying a semantic compound meaning. It implies the gathering of many mouths, signifying consultation, deliberation, and mutual accord.