Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Tan Kangxi Stroke Count: 13 Page 637, Entry 22 According to Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced tan (falling tone). According to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced tan (falling tone). According to Jade Compendium (Yupian), it describes a great body of water. According to Forest of Characters (Zilin), the phrase tan man describes the vast appearance of water. As cited in Sea Rhapsody (Haifu) by Mu Hua: Vast, spreading, and overflowing.