Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: Jia Kangxi Stroke Count: 11 Page 625, Entry 12 Pronounced jie. Er Ya (Erya), Explanation of Words: To penetrate through. Commentary: Refers to moistening and soaking, causing thorough penetration. Book of Han (Hanshu), Treatise on Rites and Music: Instructions and transformation are thoroughly penetrated. Also, zhoujia means to encompass or to circle around. Xunzi (Xunzi), Treatise on the Way of the Ruler: The former kings examined the rites in order to spread and encompass the world. Also, Zuo Zhuan (Zuo Zhuan), Ninth Year of Duke Xuan: Between a jia chen. Commentary: Jia chen refers to the period from the Zi day to the Hai day, completing a cycle of twelve days. Discourses of the States (Guoyu): Recently, it has been no more than a jia day. Commentary: Jia day refers to the period from the Jia day to the Gui day. Also written as a variant form (jia). Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Offices of Heaven: Cause the myriad people to observe the models of governance, gathering them together over a period of days. Also, pronounced qia. Jia die, the appearance of water. Guo Pu, Rhapsody on the Yangtze River: Long waves, jia die. Commentary: Jia die refers to the broad, overflowing, and vast appearance of water.