Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) 泂 Kangxi Stroke Count: 9 Page 615, Entry 03 Pronounced jiong (rising tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it means cold. In the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), it is sometimes written with the ice radical. In Northern Yan, the word for prohibition is jiong. Also, according to the Erh-ya (Erya), an encyclopedia of synonyms, jiong means far. According to the Book of Odes (Shijing), in the Great Elegantia (Daya) section: Scoop from the flowing water. It also means deep and vast. According to the River Rhapsody (Jiang fu) by Guo Pu: The swelling water cuts across the vast expanse. Also, Jiong Marsh is the name of a mountain located in the middle of the Great Eastern Wilderness, as seen in the Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing). According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced jiong (level tone). Jiong Marsh is a place name, also written as ying. Also, pronounced jiong (level tone). Great Jiong is a place name. One source says it describes the appearance of water. It is also written with the pronunciation gu (level tone). According to the Biographies of Eminent Scholars (Gaoshi Zhuan), Bian Sui threw himself into the Jiong River and died. Zhu Mouwei stated: The characters for Ying and Jiong were used interchangeably in ancient times.