You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: See (jiàn) Kangxi Strokes: 12 Page 1134, Entry 33 Pronounced chǎn. Pronounced chǎn. Pronounced chǎn (level tone). Shuowen Jiezi explains this as to peep or spy. Zuo Zhuan (Zuozhuan), seventeenth year of Duke Cheng: The Duke sent men to spy, and the situation was confirmed as true. Book of Rites (Liji), Tan Gong: Well said, thus observing the state. Guangyun explains this as to scout or reconnoiter. Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Treatise on Official Posts: To scout for treacherous plots. Jiyun notes that it is sometimes written in a variant form (zhān). Book of Rites (Liji), Tan Gong: My funeral was thus watched by the crowd. Note: (zhān) is the same as (chǎn). It is also sometimes written in a variant form (zhān). Book of Rites (Liji), Xueji: Reciting the bamboo slips of the text. Note: (zhān) means to look. The slips are called bi. It is also sometimes written in a variant form (chǎn). Leipian explains this as to peep. Yangzi: Dialect (Fangyan): Whenever one peeps stealthily, in the southern Chu region, it is sometimes called (chǎn). Pronounced chǎn (departing tone). The meaning is the same. Jiyun: Pronounced chǎn. Meaning to look. Leipian: Pronounced dān. Meaning to gently persuade or advise. Another interpretation suggests it means to lift the head. Zihui Bu: Pronounced jī. Tang dynasty Su Su: Chaotian Tan Song: Observing the Yu clan.