Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: Luò Kangxi Stroke Count: 19 Page 658, Entry 06 Pronounced lù. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it refers to water between the states of Qi and Lu. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it is a body of water in Jinan. According to the Commentary on the Water Classic (Shuijingzhu), the Luo River emerges from the spring sources southwest of the ancient city of Li County. Also pronounced lù. Also pronounced pǔ. Also pronounced luò. The meaning is the same. Also pronounced pò. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it refers to a dammed body of water. One source states it is a large pond; in Shandong it is called luo, in Youzhou it is called dian, and colloquially it is written as bo. Also pronounced lì. It is the name of a medicinal herb. According to the Literary Expositor (Erya), in the section explaining grasses, luo refers to the male fern (guanzhong). Also pronounced yuè. Also pronounced shuò. The meaning is the same. Sometimes written with the grass radical. Sometimes written in a variant form. Sometimes abbreviated to a variant form.