Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Character: Zhan Kangxi strokes: 16 Page 209, Entry 21 Pronounced zhan. In Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), pronounced zhan. In Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Treasury (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), pronounced zhan. According to Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun), to speak. According to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), to speak excessively. As stated in Xunzi, Non-Physiognomy chapter: When the tongue is balanced, speech is measured. According to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), originally written in the variant form zhan. Also, according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced dan. Zhanzhan, meaning bothersome or tedious speech.