Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: Qian Kangxi stroke count: 18 Page 657, Entry 28 According to the Zhengzitong (Standard Character Comprehensive), this character is written as Qian in character dictionaries. Based on the Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters), this character is composed of the water radical with Qian as the phonetic component. The upper portion of the character Qian consists of two identical elements, and therefore the character Qian should serve as the standard form. Now, in accordance with the Shuowen Jiezi, the pronunciation and definitions have been moved to the entry for Qian; they are not recorded in detail here.