Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: Qi Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 642, Entry 13 Jade Chapters (Yupian): Pronounced xu. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xu, same sound as xi. A name of a river. Also in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xie. Forest of Characters (Zilin): A salt pond. One source states that mixing sweet water with salty water to make salt is called qi.