Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Hao Kangxi Strokes: 25 Page 663, Entry 46 Pronounced hao (rising tone). Haoyao: Describes the immense and vast movement of water. Also refers to haohao, meaning broad and level. Model Sayings (Fayan) by Yangzi: The Book of Shang is vast and boundless. Annotation: Haohao, like being boundless and without limit. Also written as a variant form (hao). According to the Explaining Graphs (Shuowen): Refers to bean juice. Long Commentary (Changjian): Ancient rites involved using bean juice to wash hair, which is why this character was created for this purpose. Buddhism uses this substance to bathe the body; therefore, in the fourth and eighth months, bean juice is used to bathe the Buddha image. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced gao (third tone), same sound as gao. According to the Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced gan (third tone), same sound as gan. The meaning is the same.