Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Shu Kangxi stroke count: 9 Page 613, Entry 01 Pronounced shu The name of a river. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): The Shu River originates in Qingzhou. According to the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Office of Summer, Bureau of Regional Administration: In Qingzhou, the rivers are the Yi and the Shu. According to the Sub-commentary (Shu): The Shu originates in Dongguan. According to the History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Treatise on Geography: In Langye Commandery, Dongguan County, there is the Shu River, which flows south to Xiapi and enters the Si River. Commentary: This refers to the Shu River. Also the name of a county. According to the Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun): Shuyang is located in Haizhou. According to the Records of Universal Geography (Guangyuji): It now belongs to Huai'an Prefecture. Also pronounced yu The meaning is the same. Sometimes also written in a variant form.