Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Shu Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 652, Entry 01 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced zhu. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Pronounced zhu. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): Timely rain that moistens and nourishes all living things. It is also used to mean to moisten, nourish, or cultivate. Sima Xiangru, Difficulties of the Elders of Shu (Nan Shu Fulao Wen): The masses receive nourishment. Also the same as the character for pour. Refers to water flowing or being poured. Wang Bao, Rhapsody on the Bamboo Flute (Dongxiao Fu): The sound is grand and pours into the deep abyss. Note: Shu and the character for pour are interchangeable in ancient texts. Also Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced shu. The meaning is the same.