Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) 湆 Kangxi Dictionary Strokes: 13 Page 636, Entry 11 Pronounced qi (falling tone) Pronounced qi (falling tone) According to the Shuo Wen Jie Zi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters), it refers to dim and damp conditions. Xu Xuan explains that this is what people currently mean by the term meaning damp and moist. There is a distinction in the character form between using sun and moon as components. The Pei Xi Ji (Collection of Clarified Distinctions) records that both the characters for this entry and its variant are pronounced qi (rising tone). The character for this entry refers to dim and damp conditions, while the variant refers to meat broth used in ancestral sacrifices.