Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: kuài Kangxi stroke count: 17 Page 653, Entry 18 Ancient form: guài Tang Dynasty Rhyme Dictionary (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun) state the pronunciation is kuài. A river name. Analytical Dictionary of Chinese Characters (Shuowen) states: the river originates from Huo Mountain and flows southwest into the Fen River. Commentary on the Water Classic (Shuijingzhu) states: the Kuai River originates from Xianggao Mountain. Also, juan kuai refers to a small stream. Guo Pu in Rhapsody on the Yangtze River (Jiang Fu) wrote: to discuss small streams. Also, in the Erya, Explaining Water: water flowing into a ditch is called kuai. In the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Earth Officials, The Sui Official: for every one thousand men there is a kuai. The sub-commentary states: a kuai is two xun wide and two ren deep. Also, in Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the pronunciation is guài. The meaning is the same. Also, in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the pronunciation is huì. Equivalent to huì. It means deep and wide. Also, pronounced huá. The merging of two rivers.