Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Hu Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 643, Entry 26 Pronounced hu Hu is the name of a river. Additionally, according to the Preface to the Odes on Fishing Gear (Yujuyongxu) by Lu Guimeng, among fishing tools such as nets, fishing installations made by inserting bamboo into the mud along the coast are called Hu. Note: People in the Wu region now refer to this as a duan (a type of fish weir).