Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: Dǐng Kangxi stroke count: 17 Page 655, Entry 04 According to the Extensive Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings (Guangyun) and the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced dǐng. The term dǐng nìng refers to the appearance of water. It is sometimes written in a variant form. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is also pronounced tǐng. The term dǐng yíng refers to the appearance of a small body of water. As stated in Yang Xiong’s Rhapsody on the Sweet Springs (Ganquan Fu): "Crossing the dǐng yíng of the Weak River." Additionally, it is pronounced tīng. The meaning is the same.