Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) 灑 Kangxi stroke count: 23 Page 620, Entry 01 Archaic form. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun) state it is pronounced sa (rising tone). Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): To sprinkle with water. Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes (Daya): Sprinkle and sweep the courtyard. Commentary: This refers to sprinkling water on the ground before sweeping so that dust does not rise. Also means to divide. Zhang Heng, Rhapsody on the Southern Capital (Nandu fu): Open the sluice to divide the flow. Also refers to wind blowing across objects. Lu Ji, Elaboration on Joined Pearls (Yan lianzhu): The seasonal wind blows in the evening. Also means to cast a fishing line. Pan Yue, Rhapsody on the Western Expedition (Xizheng fu): Casting the hook and throwing the net. Commentary: To cast, also meaning to throw. Also, the appearance of being startled. Zhuangzi, Gengsang Chu: When Gengsangzi first arrived, I was startled and found him strange. Commonly written as the variant form sa. Also, according to the Literary Expositor (Erya), Explanation of Music (Shile): A large zither is called a sa. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun) state it is pronounced sha (descending tone); Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui) state it is pronounced sha (rising tone). Means to fall or to sprinkle with water. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui) state it is pronounced xi. Meaning is the same. Also used interchangeably with wash. Xie Tiao's poetry: Light life is indeed clearly washed. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui) state it is pronounced ji. Also, Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun) state it is pronounced shai. Meaning is the same. Also, in Rhyme Supplement (Yunbu), it rhymes with the sound shi. Songs of Chu (Chucai), Nine Sighs (Jiu tan): Deep sorrow and sobbing, my heart is torn apart; looking back at the high hills, my tears fall like rain.