Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Biao Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 643, Entry 28 Pronounced biao Pronounced biao Pronounced biao Pronounced biao According to the Explaining and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen jiezi), it describes the appearance of flowing water. In the Book of Odes (Shijing), it is written: The Biao pool flows toward the north. Also the name of a river. According to the Commentary on the Classic of Waterways (Shuijing zhu), the Guo River flows toward the northwest and merges with the Biao pool. Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced biao. The meaning is the same. According to the Explaining and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen jiezi), this was originally written as biao.