Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: 19 Kangxi strokes Page 659, Entry 10 Pronounced mo. According to the Broad Rhymes of Guangyun (Guangyun), it is derived from the sounds mo and bo. According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), it is derived from the sounds mo and ge. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it refers to the appearance of wiping or erasing something. Another source suggests it means to smear. In the Dialects (Fangyan) by Yangzi, the cloth used for wiping or washing is called a cloth of this name. Pronounced mie. According to the Broad Rhymes of Guangyun (Guangyun) and the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), it is derived from the sounds mo and jie. It describes the appearance of water flowing rapidly. In the Rhapsody on the Southern Capital (Nandufu) by Zhang Heng, it is written as flowing rapidly.