Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Black (hēi) Zhan Kangxi stroke count: 25 Page 1522, Entry 17 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced dan (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced dan (rising tone). Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): Greatly dirty. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Black. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Greatly dirty and black. Also, in the Liang Code (Lianglü): In cases of theft, the face was marked with black ink with the character for bandit; by the time of the Tianjian era, the practice of marking the face was abolished. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced tan (rising tone). Black. Also, pronounced zhan (rising tone). Meaning is the same.