Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Kangxi Strokes: 16 Page 651, Entry 38 Pronounced si. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen) states it means water drying up. Fangyan (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong states: Si means to exhaust. Also pronounced li. The meaning is the same. Also pronounced xi. Equivalent to the character meaning to neigh. Originally written as a variant form. Shuowen Jiezi states: The sound of scattering. Xu Shen noted: Similar to what we now call a horse neighing. Also pronounced ci. Also means water drying up. Distinguished from the character si (floating ice). Si (floating ice) refers to floating ice; it is a common error to use the character here instead. Textual research: Distinguished from the character si (floating ice). Since si refers to flowing ice, the text regarding flowing water is corrected to flowing ice. According to Shuowen Jiezi, si is flowing ice; the term flowing water is amended to flowing ice.