Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Ming Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 640, Entry 02 Pronounced ming. In the Explanation of Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to a light drizzle that is dense and pervasive. In the Model of Greatness (Taixuanjing) by Yangzi, it states: Dense rain is like a soaking mist. The commentary states that this means a gradual moistening and enrichment. It also refers to the sea. According to the Record of Ten Continents (Shizhouji), the place where the Eastern King resides is beyond the mountains, surrounded by the Yuan Sea. The water of the Yuan Sea is black in color, thus it is called the Dark Sea (Minghai). It is commonly written with the variant form ming. In the Book of Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi), specifically the chapter Free and Easy Wandering (Xiaoyaoyou), it says: In the northern dark sea, there is a fish. It also refers to yingming, which describes water that is extremely distant and deep. In the Rhapsody on the Sea (Haifu) by Mu Hua, it mentions: Following a path through the distant and deep waters. It also refers to yingming, which describes the hazy and obscured state of mountain vapors. In the Rhapsody on the Capital of Wu (Wudufu) by Zuo Si, it mentions: The hazy and obscured appearance is dense. It also refers to yaoming, which describes a vast, deep, and surging body of water. In the Rhapsody on the Yangtze River (Jiangfu) by Guo Pu, it mentions: The thunderous pouring into the vast and deep abyss. Pronounced ming. A variant form of the same character mentioned above. Pronounced mi. Also refers to a light drizzle.