Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Qian (archaic form) Kangxi stroke count: 10 Page 427, Entry 17 Compendium of Rhymes (Jiyun): Qian is the archaic form of qian. Also written in variant forms. Detailed notes are found under the Radical: Walk (chuò), twelve-stroke section. Six Writings Rectified (Liushu zheng'e): Written in a variant form. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): Originally written in a variant form. Also written in a different variant form. These characters are distinct but share the same pronunciation, and their meanings are similar. Furthermore, according to the Compendium of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced yi. It means to migrate or relocate. It is the same as the character yi. It was written as qian in ancient times. Sometimes written as tuo or in other variant forms. Commonly written as yi.