Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Short-tailed bird (zhuī) Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 1365, Entry 03 Pronounced qian. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it is a type of bird. According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), it refers to a bird with a white beak. Originally written in a variant form. Also pronounced qin. Also pronounced kan. Also pronounced yan. Also pronounced han. The meaning is the same. Also pronounced gan, used in personal names. In the Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), under the twenty-first year of Duke Zhao, the armies of Qi and Song defeated the army of Wu at Hongkou and captured two Wu commanders, Prince Kuqian and Yanzhou Yuan. According to the phonetic annotations in the Classic Explanations (Jingdian Shiwen), the character is pronounced guhan. The Sea of Characters (Pianhai) incorrectly writes it as a different form.