You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Character: Zhan Kangxi strokes: 20 Page 1183, Entry 01 According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), the pronunciation is zhan. It means to speak excessively. It also refers to being ill. In the Preface and Examples of the Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu), it describes a heart condition characterized by delirious speech and agitation. It also appears in personal names; Ruzhan is recorded in the Genealogy of the Imperial Clan in the History of the Song (Songshi). According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced ta. According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced ta. Sometimes written in a variant form. According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced ta. Also pronounced zhe. Equivalent to the character zhe. The meaning is the same. Originally written as zhan. The Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun) also lists the variant form zhan.