Si Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Water (shuǐ)
Entry: 潗
Kangxi strokes: 16
Page 649, Entry 04
According to the Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced ji. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), also pronounced ji. It refers to the gushing forth of spring water. Another interpretation describes it as water surging. Also, chi-ji describes the appearance of water flowing, turning, and passing through minutely. In the Rhapsody on the Imperial Park (Shanglin fu) by Sima Xiangru, it is used to describe the boiling of a cauldron. Also, ji refers to the sound of boiling water. In the Rhapsody on the Sea (Hai fu) by Mu Hua, it appears in the phrase hong-ning-ji. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), also pronounced ji, with the same meaning. Sometimes written in variant forms (sha) or (ji). In the Stone Drum Inscriptions (Shiguwen), it is written in a variant form.
Textual research: In the Rhapsody on the Sea (Hai fu) by Mu Hua, the original text reads hong-ning-ji. It is here corrected based on the original text by replacing the character hong.