Si Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Water (shuǐ)
Entry: 沷
Kangxi stroke count: 9
Page 614, Entry 01
Jade Chapters (Yupian): Pronounced fa. It means cold. Another view is that it means to dredge or to cause water to flow freely.
Sea Rhapsody (Haifu) by Mu Hua: Leveling the high ground near the cliffs and breaching the pond waters to irrigate one another.
Annotation: The term signifies irrigation. Another view is that wherever the water flow is blocked, one should breach it to allow the water to surge and circulate.
Also pronounced fu. The meaning is the same.