Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Character: Shan Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 271, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collection Rhymes (Jiyun), and Categorized Compilation (Leipian) state it is pronounced zhan. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it refers to someone who is good at picking out flaws in others' speech. Another definition states it means to be stingy.