Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: Si Kangxi stroke count: 10 Page 619, Entry 31 Pronounced xiang (rising tone). According to the Rhyme Dictionary of the Tang (Tangyun) and the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the pronunciation is similar. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it is the name of a river. Cited from the Book of Odes (Shijing): "The Yangtze River has the Si." Researching the original text of the Book of Odes shows it is written as Si, indicating that Si and Si are the same. See the entry for Si for a detailed explanation. Pronounced yi (level tone). The meaning is the same. Sometimes written in a variant form (si).