Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Character: Zhan Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 928, Entry 01 Pronounced tan (rising tone). The seams of clothing. Book of Rites (Liji), Inner Morality (Neize): Garments have ripped seams. Annotation: Zhan means to loosen or split. Also pronounced dian (falling tone) according to Collected Rimes (Jiyun). The meaning is the same. Also written in a variant form.