Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Entry: Za Kangxi strokes: 10 Page 428, Entry 14 Pronounced zan (falling tone). To press or force. The meaning of mutual squeezing or pressing. In the Snow Poem (Xue Shi) by Han Yu: The surging snow presses and squeezes together, flying in intersecting patterns like dragons and phoenixes. Zhengzitong: Originally written as a variant form (zan).