Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: Zan Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 198, Entry 20 Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zan (rising tone). Zan zan means taste. Also, in Collected Characters (Zihui): Pronounced zan (level tone). Colloquially used to mean I or me. Note: In the northern dialect, zan is originally pronounced in the rising tone. Collected Characters (Zihui) is incorrect.