You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Wine (yǒu) Kangxi Strokes: 26 Page 1289, Entry 14 According to Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Meeting (Yunhui), the pronunciation is xi (rising tone). According to Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), the pronunciation is xi (rising tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means to strain wine. Xu states: To strain is like using a bamboo sieve to extract it. Book of Odes (Shijing), Minor Odes: Straining the wine is beautiful. The commentary says: To strain using a bamboo basket is called si, and to strain using a net is called xu. The explanatory notes state: This refers to straining wine using a bamboo container. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Biography of Ma Yuan: Slaughtering oxen and straining wine. Additionally, according to the Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun), it means to divide. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Treatise on Rivers and Canals: Then divided two channels to lead the river. The commentary by Meng Kang says: Si means to divide. It means to divide the flow to release its force. Liu Xiang, Garden of Stories (Shuoyuan): Yu divided the five lakes and settled the East Sea. Also written in a variant form (si). Old History of the Tang (Tangshu), Biography of Gao Shilie: Attached to the old canal, splitting and diverting it to the side. Also, according to the Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun), the pronunciation is li (falling tone). According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Rhyme Meeting (Yunhui), the pronunciation is li (falling tone). Also, according to the Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun), the pronunciation is shu (level tone). According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Rhyme Meeting (Yunhui), the pronunciation is shu (level tone). Also, according to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), the pronunciation is xi (departing tone). The meaning is the same. Also, according to the Five Sounds Collection of Rhymes (Wuyin Jiyun), the pronunciation is li (level tone). It means to use water to handle dregs.