Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Bird (niǎo) Zhan Kangxi strokes: 24 Page 1503, Entry 06 The ancient form is written as Jian. According to Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collection Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun), it is pronounced zhan. It is a type of fierce bird. Explanation of Writing and Definition (Shuowen Jiezi) defines it as the wind-riding bird. Erya: Explaining Birds (Erya, Shinia) records it as the morning wind, which is the zhan. Guo Pu notes that it belongs to the sparrowhawk family. Lu Ji says: The zhan looks like a sparrowhawk, is yellow, has a chin like a swallow and a hooked beak. It uses the wind to vibrate its wings, allowing it to fly rapidly and prey upon turtledoves, pigeons, swallows, and sparrows. Also refers to a place name, Zhanyin. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu): Treatise on Commanderies and Kingdoms records that it belongs to Anding Commandery. Also, the Biography of the Western Qiang (Xiqiang Zhuan) records that the Qiang people arrived at the Zhanyin River in Jianwei. Also, Collection Rhymes (Jiyun) states it is pronounced zhen. It belongs to the sparrowhawk family. Also pronounced qian. The meaning is the same. Also pronounced zhen. In the poem by Gao Biao of the Han Dynasty: Lu Shang was seventy years old, his heroic spirit surpassing the three armies. The poet composed a song in praise, saying he was as fierce as an eagle or a zhan.