You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Bean (dòu) Character: 豓 Kangxi stroke count: 27 Page 1193, Entry 33 Pronounced yan (falling tone) Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters): Beautiful and slender. From the component feng (abundance). Feng signifies large. The phonetic component is yan. Xu says: The appearance and complexion are full and plump. Yang Xiong, Dialect (Fangyan): Means beautiful. In the regions of Song, Wei, Jin, and Zheng, this is referred to as yan. Another source says that in the regions of Qin and Jin, beautiful color is called yan. Annotation: Refers to radiant and beautiful luster. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes: The beautiful wife (Bao Si) is currently in power. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), First Year of Duke Huan: Beautiful and radiant. Also, Zheng Yun (Correct Rhymes): The appearance of bright and vivid luster. Book of Jin (Jinshu), Biography of Wei Heng: Waving the brush on fine silk appears lustrous and beautiful. Han Yu, Poem addressed to Zhang Ji: Radiance extending ten thousand feet long. Also describes an unconstrained appearance. Pan Yue, Rhapsody on the Reed Pipe (Sheng Fu): Floating, unconstrained, and beautiful. Also refers to the name of a song. Zuo Si, Rhapsody on the Capital of Wu (Wudu Fu): The beautiful songs of the Jing region and the dances of the Chu region. Annotation: Yan refers to the songs of the Chu region. Also refers to a county name. Book of Tang (Tangshu), Treatise on Geography: Leyan County, belonging to Xincheng Commandery, Zhi Prefecture. Also, Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes): Sometimes written in the variant form yan. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Biography of Gu Yong: The wife of Yan (Bao Si) was arrogant, seductive, and increasingly wicked. Also, Zeng Yun (Expanded Rhymes): Means to admire. Yunhui (Compilation of Rhymes): Used interchangeably with yan. Book of Rites (Liji), Suburb Sacrifices (Jiaotesheng): Yan refers to profit. Annotation: Yan is pronounced as yan. It means to cause people to admire. Note: Rhyme dictionaries usually write this as yan. The Six Writings: Rectification of Errors (Liushu Zheng’e) writes it as yan or yan, which is incorrect.