Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Kuang Kangxi strokes: 9 Page 131, Entry 02 Ancient script. Pronounced kuang (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Writing): Cold water. Also, furthermore; a metaphor. Zhuangzi: Knowledge Wanders North: The further down, the more evident the situation becomes. Also means to increase. Guoyu (Discourses of the States): The masses further increased their support. Also means here or now. Book of Odes (Shijing): Now I sigh long and deep. Commentary: I come here to face it, sighing long and nothing more. Also means to be abundant. Book of Odes (Shijing): Disorder increases and cuts away. Also means to bestow. Used interchangeably with the character for bestow (kuang). Book of Han (Hanshu): Emperor Wu Biography: Encountering the bestowals of heaven and earth, revealing signs and visions. Also, to visit is called to come and inquire. Sima Xiangru: Zixu Fu: You have traveled from afar to visit the State of Qi. Also, according to Guangyun (Broad Rhymes), Xiu-kuang is the name of a zither. Also a surname. Records of Shu (Shuzhi): There was Kuang Changning. According to the Peixi Ji (Collection of Clarifying Sharp Objects), the characters meaning to visit and the character meaning cold water were originally written differently, as were the character for an introductory particle and the character for physical condition, but today the character here is commonly used for all. Also, according to Jiyun (Collected Rhymes), sometimes written as the character for Huang. Also, anciently used interchangeably with the character for elder brother.