Supplementary Note Chou Collection Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: Tan Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 205, Entry 12 Longkan: Pronounced yi. Also, in Chuan Yun (a rhyme book), used as the character you. An ancient form of the character tan. Tang Yun and Jiyun: Pronounced tan (falling tone). Zheng Yun: Pronounced tan (falling tone). The pronunciation is the same as tan (charcoal). Shuowen: Explained as swallowing and sighing. Another interpretation is a deep sigh. Equivalent to the character tan (sigh). Also, Guangyun and Jiyun: Pronounced tan. Zheng Yun: Pronounced tan. The meaning is the same. Book of Odes (Shijing), Royal Songs (Wangfeng): Sighing with deep emotion, encountering the hardships of people. Interpretation (Shiwen): For tan, some versions write it as tan (sigh), pronounced tan. This is to facilitate rhyming. Also, Great Odes (Daya): And there is no long sigh. Interpretation (Shiwen): For tan, pronounced tan. This character is sometimes written as tan. Also, rhyming at the end of a verse, pronounced juan (falling tone). Cao Zhi Rhapsody (Fu): Entering the empty room and leaning alone, sighing deeply toward the bed curtains. Here, tan rhymes with the preceding character jian. Also, rhyming at the end of a verse, pronounced tian (level tone). Cao Dajia, Eastern Expedition Rhapsody (Dongzheng Fu): Ascending Fengqiu and stepping onto the road, yearning for the capital and sighing to oneself. The nature of a petty man is to cherish his homeland; such accounts have existed since books were first recorded.