Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: 湁 Kangxi strokes: 13 Page 636, Entry 04 Pronounced chi (falling tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), this character means to bubble. In the Rhapsody on the Imperial Park (Shanglin Fu) by Sima Xiangru, it is described as bubbling like a cauldron. Guo Pu states that both terms describe the appearance of water slightly turning and surging in fine bubbles.