Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Gai Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 645, Entry 16 Tang Yun: Pronounced gai (falling tone). Jiyun, Yunhui: Pronounced gai (falling tone), reads the same as gai. Name of a river. Shuowen: This river originates from Fuzeng Mountain at the Sangdu of the East Sea. Also refers to irrigation. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Ximen Bao diverted the Zhang River to irrigate the land of Ye. Also refers to washing. Book of Odes (Shijing): Use it to wash the pots and cauldrons. Also hang-gai, referring to slow flowing water. Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on the Imperial Park (Shanglin Fu): The water flows surgingly and then slowly. Also Guangyun: Pronounced gai (falling tone). Jiyun, Yunhui: Pronounced gai (falling tone), reads the same as ji. Meaning is the same. Also interchangeable with ji. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Emperor Ku upheld the path of impartiality and spread it throughout the world. Commentary: This is an ancient form of the character ji. Also Jiyun: Pronounced dai (falling tone). Same as xie. Supplement: Pianhai Leibian: Pronounced gai (falling tone), reads the same as gai. Refers to plastering walls. Interchangeable with xi.