Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) 潟 Kangxi strokes: 16 Page 649, Entry 16 According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), the pronunciation is xi. It refers to saline-alkali land. A place where salt soil backs away from water, or where land becomes saline and brine-like after water flows away. From the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Earth Office, Grass Official: For all manure and seeds, use badger for saline and barren land. The commentary states: This word refers to brine. It is also written in a variant form (xi). Refer to the note under the character (xi). Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the pronunciation is que. The meaning is the same. Also, pronounced chi. Same as the word for salt marshes. Refers to barren or poor land. Interchangable with the word for repulsion (chi). Also, pronounced di. The meaning is the same.