Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: Hao Kangxi stroke count: 18 Page 656, Entry 06 Pronounced hao. Name of a river, located in the Zhongli region. The Commentary on the Water Classic (Shuijing Zhu) records: This river originates from the streams northeast of Moye Mountain. Also refers to the name of a prefecture. The Illustrated Record of the World (Guangyu Ji) records: In the Fengyang Prefecture of the Jiangnan region, it belonged to the Jiujiang Commandery during the Qin dynasty, was the Zhongli Marquisate during the Eastern Han dynasty, and was called Haozhou during the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties. Also refers to the moat beneath a city wall. Sometimes also written in a variant form (hao).