Shen Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Insect (chóng). Character: Yuan. Kangxi strokes: 10. Page 1077, Entry 40. Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) state it is pronounced yuan. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen) states: the salamander, a type of lizard, which makes sounds by injecting fluid. For further details, see the entries for the two characters referring to the lizard. Also, Rhyme Collection (Yunhui) states it is pronounced wan. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) defines it as a venomous snake. Materia Medica (Bencao) notes that the yuan and the viper are of the same category, also known as a small viper. It is also written in the variant form yuan, and commonly misspelled as the form provided.