Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Chao Kangxi Strokes: 16 Page 650, Entry 19 Pronounced chao. As stated in the Explanation of Graphs (Shuowen), water flowing toward the sea as a subject to a monarch. As stated in Balanced Discourses (Lunheng) by Wang Chong, water is the bloodline of the earth, forming tides according to the ebb and flow of its breath. As stated in Record of Early Learning (Chuxueji), water arriving at regular times in the morning and evening is called chao. As stated in Supreme Principles Governing the World (Huangji Jingshi), ocean tides are the breathing of the earth. They rise and fall according to the waxing and waning of the moon; those occurring in the morning are called chao, and those in the evening are called xi. Also, a prefecture name. As stated in Record of the Vast World (Guangyuji), originally it was the Jieyang region of the Southern Sea; in the Sui Dynasty it was called Chao Prefecture, in the Tang Dynasty it was called Chaoyang, and in the Ming Dynasty it was established as Chao Prefecture. Also, sichao, a name for a bird. As stated in Record of Strange Tales (Shuyiji), the sichao bird crows when the tide rises. Also, wangchao, a name for a fish, produced in Linhai County, Tai Prefecture. As stated in Explanation of Graphs (Shuowen), originally written as the variant form.