Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Xian Kangxi Stroke Count: 16 Page 1309, Entry 25 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xian. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): A ring on a carriage. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): A connected ring. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced kan. Same meaning. Also, Five Tones Collected Rhymes (Wuyin Jiyun): Pronounced gan. A type of furnace. Also, Forest of Characters (Zilin): Same as xian (a pit or trap). Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi), Chapter on External Things (Waiwu): To fall into a pit and descend.