Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Insect (chóng) Entry: 蜒 Kangxi Strokes: 13 Page 1085, Entry 12 Pronounced yan (rising tone). Younyan (a type of house centipede). See the entry for You for details. Also, banyan, the name of a beast. See the entry for Ban for details. Also, in the Book of Dialects (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong, the gecko is called zhuyan. Also, in the Elegies of Chu (Chuci), specifically the Great Summons (Dazhao), it is written as fushi yan zhi. The commentary states it refers to a snake that is winding and long. This is also mentioned in the entry for Wan. Also, pronounced yan (falling-rising tone). Wanyan refers to the appearance of a dragon. Also, pronounced ying (level tone). In the Rhapsody on the Yangde Hall (Yangde Dian Fu) by Li You: The connected jade discs are brilliant and bright, interwoven with dragon patterns that are winding and long. They move and strike against each other to create sound, like the music of metal and stone instruments. Wanyan, also written in a variant form in the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun).