Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Character: Yin Kangxi stroke count: 17 Page 935, Entry 28 Pronounced yan (rising tone). Meaning long or extended. Also pronounced yan (falling-rising tone). Meaning same as above. Also pronounced yin (rising tone). Meaning to draw out or extend. Sources: Extensive Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Compilation of Rhymes (Yunhui), and Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun).