Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: Tuo Kangxi stroke count: 9 Page 613, Entry 06 Guangyun: Pronounced ta. Jiyun: Pronounced ta, with a reading identical to tuo. Yupian: Defined as to fall or to throw and strike. Also, according to Guangyun: Defined as reddish-brown. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Qin, "Her face is like rich vermilion." In the Explanations of Sounds and Meanings (Shiwen), the character for vermilion is to be read as is; the Han version of the poetry uses the character tuo. Pronounced ta. It means reddish-brown. Also, Jiyun: Pronounced dang, with a reading identical to zhe. It means to drip. Cui Shi, Sayings of the Farming Family: If the upper fire does not fall, the lower fire drips and falls (tuo). Textual Research: In the Book of Odes, Odes of Qin, "Her face is like rich vermilion," the note regarding the character for vermilion being read as is, and the Han version of the poetry using the character tuo, pronounced ta, meaning reddish-brown: It is noted that the phrasing regarding the character for vermilion being read as is originates from the Explanations of Sounds and Meanings, not from the annotations of Zheng Xuan. We have corrected the reference from annotation to Explanations of Sounds and Meanings.