Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Kangxi Strokes: 17 Page 654, Entry 33 Pronounced hui (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): The appearance of abundant water. Also pronounced hui (falling tone) according to Guangyun, Jiyun, Yunhui, and Zhengyun: Wanghui, the appearance of being deep and vast. Book of Han (Hanshu), Song for the Suburban Sacrifices: The marshes are vast and abundant (wanghui), uniting ten thousand states. Commentary: Wanghui means abundant and numerous. Also pronounced hui (falling tone) according to Guangyun, Jiyun, Yunhui, and Zhengyun. The meaning is the same. One interpretation is that it means turbid or dirty. It is also interchangeable with the character meaning dirty (hui). Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Li Xun: To cleanse away the turbid and the dirty. Also the name of a river. Commentary on the Classic of Waterways (Shuijing Zhu): The Clear Zhang River flows from the west of the old city of Zhangwu County, which was the old site of the Hui settlement, where a tributary branches off, known as the Hui River. Also pronounced huo (entering tone) according to Guangyun, Jiyun, Yunhui, and Zhengyun. Same as the character denoting the obstruction of water flow. One interpretation is that it represents the sound of a fishing net entering the water. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wei: Casting the fishing nets with a splashing sound (huihui). Textual Research: Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wei: Casting the fishing nets (gu) with a splashing sound (huihui). Corrected the character gu to the character for fishing net (gu) in accordance with the original text.