Shen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Insect (chóng) Entry: Egg Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 1081, Entry 11 Compendium of Characters (Zihui bu): Pronounced dan. An ancient form of the character for a boat-dwelling ethnic group (dan). Liu Zongyuan, Record of the Military Feast Pavilion (Xiangjun ting ji): Barbarian tribes and the Dan people. Also, in the Compendium of Characters (Zihui bu): Colloquially refers to bird eggs as egg. Also, Yadan Isle, a place name on the river.