Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Feather (yǔ) Character: Xuan Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 958, Entry 13 Pronounced xuan (level tone). Broad Anthology of Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) state: it is pronounced xuan. Refined Observations (Guangya) states: xuan means to fly. Also, according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced xuan (level tone). It means to circle in flight.