Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Wan Kangxi stroke count: 9 Page 1017, Entry 23 Tang Dynasty Rhyme Dictionary (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), and Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun) state the pronunciation is wan. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), the term wanlan refers to a type of bulrush. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wei: The branches of the wanlan. Literary Expositor (Erya), Explaining Grasses: A huan is a wanlan. See the detailed note under the entry for huan.