Si Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Water (shuǐ)
Kangxi Strokes: 14
Page 643, Entry 03
Guangyun (Broad Rhymes), Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes), Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes), Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes): Pronounced huá.
Shuowen (Explaining Graphs): To be smooth or beneficial.
Book of Rites (Zhouli), Office of Heaven, Dietary Physician: Season with smooth and sweet flavors.
Commentary: Smooth means clear and easy flow; it is used to harmonize the five flavors.
Also refers to slippery.
Du Fu poetry: Frost is thick on the wood and stones, making them slippery.
Also a prefecture name. Old Book of Tang (Jiu Tangshu), Treatise on Geography: Hua Prefecture was previously Dong Commandery during the Sui dynasty; it was renamed Hua Prefecture in the first year of the Wude reign.
Also a river name. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): On Mount Qiuru, the Hua River rises.
Also, according to the Geographical Records (Guangyuji), the Hua River flows north and east of Hua County. The Hua is the largest; from west of Luo, all waters gather in the Hua.
Also an ancient state name. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), twenty-ninth year of Duke Xiang: Yu, Guo, Jiao, and Hua.
Also a place name in the State of Zheng. Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu), third year of Duke Zhuang: The Duke encamped at Hua.
Also a pearl name. Shen Huaiyuan, Southern Yue Record (Nanyuezhi): The type after the running pearl is the smooth pearl.
Also a surname, as in Hua Xing of the Han dynasty.
Guangyun (Broad Rhymes), Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes), Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes), Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes): Pronounced gǔ.
To disorder or create chaos.
Discourses of the States (Jinyu): Establishing an unbenevolent person to disorder their midst.
Also to govern or refine.
Zhuangzi, Chapter on Cultivating Nature (Shanxing): To disorder one's desires amid common customs to seek the attainment of clarity.
Also huaji, referring to witty or humorous speech.
Songs of Chu (Chuci), Divination (Buju): To be compliant, witty, and humorous like fat or leather.
Also to mix or stir up.
Songs of Chu (Chuci), The Fisherman (Yufu): Stirring up the mud and tossing the waves.
Also synonymous with mi. Describes the appearance of flowing water.
Jiao's Forest of Changes (Yilin): The gushing spring flows smoothly.
Guangyun (Broad Rhymes), Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes), Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes), Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes): Pronounced hú.
Also to disorder or create chaos.