Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 264, Entry 12 Pronounced wan (falling-rising tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters) states: compliant. Zuo Zhuan (Chronicle of Zuo): The historical records of the Spring and Autumn period are tactful and clear. Also, wanwan describes the appearance of a dragon in flight. Qu Yuan, Li Sao (Encountering Sorrow): Driving a team of eight winding dragons. Also, pronounced wan (dipping tone). Beautiful. Book of Odes (Shijing): Seeking a peaceful and beautiful companion. Xu Miao reads it this way. Also, pronounced yuan (falling tone). Book of Odes (Shijing): Oh, how handsome, with clear brows and beautiful eyes. Rhymes with the word xuan in the following text. Xuan is pronounced in the departing tone. Also, rhyming as huan (falling tone). Bian Rang, Zhanghua Fu (Rhapsody on the Zhanghua Palace): Arranging a night-long banquet to express a peaceful and joyful sentiment. Exhausting the rare treasures of the four seas to indulge in all the secret pleasures of life. Wan is interchangeable with yuan. Textual research: Book of Odes (Shijing), Wei Feng: Seeking a peaceful union. According to the original text, changed from Wei Feng to Bei Feng.