Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Kangxi Strokes: 13 Page 637, Entry 21 Pronounced huáng. A name of a river. According to the Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters), the river originates outside the Linyang frontier in Jincheng and flows east into the Yellow River. It is also the name of a prefecture. According to the Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes), it was Xiping Commandery during the Han Dynasty, Shanzhou during the Tang Dynasty, and renamed Huangzhou and later Lezhou during the Song Dynasty. Also, according to the Commentary on the Classic of Water (Shuijing Zhu), there is a Huang River in Hangkou County, Guiyang. The Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing) refers to it as the Huang River. Also, juehuang describes the appearance of water waves moving swiftly. In the Rhapsody on the River (Jiangfu) by Guo Pu, it is described as juehuang huyang. It is also the name of a deity. In the Rhapsody on the Great Man (Daren Fu) by Sima Xiangru, it appears as qianluli and houjuehuang. Also, mihuáng refers to the sound of things grinding against each other. In the Rhapsody on the Long Flute (Changdi Fu) by Ma Rong, it is described as jiaogai mihuáng, with the five notes alternating. Also, according to the Regional Speech (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong, it means to be cold. Also, according to the Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes), pronounced kuàng. Same as the character meaning cold water.