Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) 咞 Kangxi stroke count: 7 Page 185, Entry 22 According to the Collection of Sounds and Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced xian (falling-rising tone), with a sound identical to xian (falling-rising tone). It is the same as the character xian (falling-rising tone). Also pronounced xian (falling-rising tone), with a sound identical to jian (falling tone). The meaning is the same. Further details are provided in the annotation for the character xian (falling-rising tone) later in this volume. The form of the character 咞 is derived from the radical associated with kan (píng), and contains six additional strokes excluding the radical.