Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) 沥 Kangxi strokes: 20 Page 660, Entry 01 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced li. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced li. Explaining Writing (Shuowen): To dredge. Also means water dripping down. Rhapsody on the Hall of Numinous Light (Lu lingguang dian fu) by Wang Yanshou: The movement of dripping sounds as it forms echoes. Also, the last drops of wine remaining in a cup are called li. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biographies of the Jesters (Huaji zhuan): Occasionally granted the remaining dregs. Also li-ye, meaning a slight flow. Rhapsody on Longing (Si fu) by Zhang Heng: Rinsing with the slight flow of a flying spring. Also xi-li, the sound of rain or snow. Rhapsody on Snow (Xue fu) by Xie Huilian: Sleet falls with a pattering sound and gathers first. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes also written in a variant form.