Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Lian Kangxi strokes: 21 Page 660, Entry 34 Pronounced lian (falling-rising tone). Lianyan, the appearance of water overflowing or full to the brim. Sea Rhapsody (Haifu) by Mu Hua: Waves ripple and swell. Also refers to the place where water waves meet. Western Expedition Rhapsody (Xizheng fu) by Pan Yue: The green barrier is lush and verdant. Also means to float or ripple. Rhapsody on the Yangtze (Jiangfu) by Guo Pu: Or drifting and rippling with the tidal waves. Also pronounced lian (falling tone). The meaning is the same. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) notes it is sometimes written in the variant form lian.