You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Carriage (chē) Zhan Kangxi Strokes: 15 Page 1244, Entry 17 According to the Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced zhan (falling-rising tone). The Collected Rhymes defines it as a carriage for sleeping. In the Western Capital Rhapsody (Xidu fu) by Ban Gu, it is written: "Riding a zhan-lu." The commentary states that a zhan-lu is a carriage for sleeping. According to the Extensive Rhymes, it also refers to a military carriage. According to the Extensive Rhymes, Collected Rhymes, and Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), it is also pronounced zhan (falling tone). The meaning is the same. It is also used interchangeably with zhan. In the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Spring Officials section, it mentions officials riding in zhan carriages. In the Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes section, it mentions a zhan carriage. The pronunciation and meaning are the same. Sometimes also written in a variant form (zhan). See the entry for the zhan character below for further details.