Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) Wan Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 535, Entry 13 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) state that this is the same as the character for bowl (wan). Jade Chapters (Yupian) defines it as a small basin. A New Account of Tales of the World (Shishuo) records that during the Jin Dynasty, Wang Dao held up a glass bowl and remarked: This bowl is empty in the center, so how can it be called a precious vessel? History of the Northern Dynasties (Beishi), Biography of Lu Shubiao: When Wei Shou visited Lu Shubiao, the meal consisted only of millet rice and mallow greens, served in a wooden bowl.