Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Ming Kangxi strokes: 10 Page 622, Entry 17 Pronounced ming. Name of a river. Located in Yiyang. Also the name of a prefecture. According to the Comprehensive Records of the World (Guangyuji), Guangping Prefecture was called Guangping during the Han dynasty, and Ming Prefecture during the Tang dynasty. The Ming River is located north of the prefectural city, with its source in the Taihang Mountains of Liao Prefecture.