Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Entry: zan Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 453, Entry 31 Pronounced zan. The movement of the hand. Sometimes written as zuan. Also pronounced zan (falling tone). The meaning is the same. Also signifies to pick up. Also pronounced zan. Signifies to exhaust. Also pronounced zan. Signifies to be rapid. In the Yijing (Book of Changes) by Jing Fang, in the Yu hexagram, it is written as peng he zan. In modern texts, it is written as zan. The commentary states it means rapid. Also pronounced qian. Signifies to pick or pluck. Originally written as zan.