Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Gate (mén) Yan Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 1330, Entry 11 According to the Five Tones Collected Rhymes (Wuyin Jiyun), pronounced yan (rising tone), which is the same as the pronunciation of the character yan. The meaning is identical to the character yan, and it is a common variant form. Also, according to the Correct Meaning Through Passages (Zhengzitong), it is a surname. In the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), only the character yan is listed and this character is absent; however, in modern surname registers, these two characters are classified as separate surnames.