Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) 瀨 Kangxi strokes: 20 Page 660, Entry 01 Pronounced lai. Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Explanations of Characters): Water flowing over sand. Chu Ci (Songs of Chu), Nine Songs: The rocky rapids are shallow. Also, a torrent. Book of Han (Hanshu), Annals of Emperor Wu: Dispatched Jia to serve as General of the Lower Rapids. Commentary: A rapid is a torrent. In the Wu and Yue regions it is called a rapid, in the Central States it is called a sandbar. Also, a river name. Commentary on the Water Classic (Shuijing Zhu): The Lai River originates east of Lu Mountain, northwest of Lipu County in Cangwu. Also, in rhyme supplements, rhymes with li (falling tone). Liu Zhen, Ode to the Capital of Lu (Lu Du Fu): Tortoises and dragons lie hidden in the yellow mud, patterned fish swim and leap in the clear rapids. The swift waves surge far, gushing and swirling at the riverbank.