Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Jian Kangxi Stroke Count: 19 Page 657, Entry 38 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced jian Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced jian Jianjian, describing the appearance of rapidly flowing water. Shen Yue poem: Water emerging from the shore flows rapidly. Also: Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced jian Water struck by impact and flying outward. Commonly written as the variant form jian. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Xiangru requested to splash his blood upon the great king. Also: Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zan Identical to the variant form zan. Refers to water droplets or sweat drops scattering. Also: Pronounced jian The meaning of striking or flying outward. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written as the variant form qian. Also written as a variant form. Commonly written as the variant form jian.