Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) Zhan Kangxi stroke count: 9 Page 517, Entry 02 According to Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), pronounced lian. According to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced lian, with the same pronunciation as the character xian. It refers to a type of tree. Also according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced lian, with the same pronunciation as the character shan. The meaning is the same. Also according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Classified Anthology (Leipian), pronounced zhen, with the same pronunciation as the character zhen. It is equivalent to the character zhen, referring to the wooden block placed underneath when chopping wood. The Corrected Lexicon (Zhengzitong) considers it an abbreviated form of the character shan. However, according to the records in Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), the character shan is pronounced xian, and the character zhan is pronounced lian. Since both the pronunciation and the form are different, the claim in the Corrected Lexicon (Zhengzitong) is incorrect.