Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Pronounced jìn (entering tone) Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 625, Entry 15 Ancient text: From Tangyun, Jiyun, Zhengyun: Pronounced zì (jìn) (entering tone), same as zì (qìn). Means to soak. "Book of Odes (Shijing), Cao Feng": "Soak those bundled reeds." Also means to moisten. "Book of Odes (Shijing), Xiaoya": "Moisten those rice fields." Also means to gradually penetrate. "Book of Changes (Yijing), Lin hexagram": "The strong gradually penetrate and grow." Also means to submerge. "Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Zhao": "The city was not submerged by three planks." Also means to contain, to sink, and is a general name for a flood. "Zhuangzi, Free and Easy Wandering": "Great floods reach the heavens." "Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Summer Official, Official of the Regions": "Yangzhou's floodwaters cover the five lakes." Also used interchangeably with zhàn (zhan). "Book of Rites (Liji), Neize": "Soak the fine wines." From Guangyun: Pronounced qī (qìn) (entering tone). From Jiyun: Pronounced qiān (xún) (entering tone), same as qīn (qīn). Refers to gradual soaking and permeation. "Wang Bao, Rhapsody on the Xiao Flute": "Gradually permeating the young master, far from his kind." Also written as 濅 (jìn) or 寖 (jìn).