Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: 淁 Kangxi Stroke Count: 12 Page 628, Entry 30 According to the Tang Rhyme (Tangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced qie (falling-rising tone), with the same pronunciation as the word for concubine. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), refers to water. Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced jie (falling-rising tone), with the same pronunciation as the word for to connect. Refers to the name of a river. Also, pronounced ji (entering tone). It is identical to the character for water gushing forth. One source defines it as the appearance of water flowing with a slight turning motion or a narrow stream flowing smoothly.