Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Nan Kangxi strokes: 13 Page 638, Entry 20 According to the Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Meeting (Yunhui), the pronunciation is nan. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it refers to a body of water northeast of the Bao district in Meiji, Xihe. According to the Commentary on the Water Classic (Shuijingzhu), the Nan River emerges from Meiji County in Xihe Commandery. Also refers to a place name. According to the History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of the Western Qiang, Xianling and Beinan were both strong and wealthy.