Mao Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Hand (shǒu) Kangxi strokes: 13 Page 441, Entry 16 Pronounced xuan. The meaning is to roll up sleeves to expose the arms. Six Categories of Characters (Liushu gu): To hook up sleeves and reveal the arms. Su Shi poem: Describes a jade-like wrist half-exposed from a green sleeve. Ancient Sounds Transferred (Guyin zhuanzhu): In colloquial speech, there is the expression "stripping sleeves and rolling up fists." Comprehensive Encyclopedia (Tongya): Xuan is the same as shuan; the common term for tying up clothes refers to this. Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Dong Zhongshu: "Daily eroding and monthly shrinking." Meng Kang comments that the character zhuan is pronounced like xuan and means to shrink or shrivel. People commonly call it zhui; thus, qiancu is similar to xuancu. In ancient times it was written as xuan. It is now called shuan. It was originally written in a variant form. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes also written in a variant form. It is also written as huan. See the entry for the variant character for details.