Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Stone (shí) Character: Xia Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 830, Entry 13 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced xia Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Collection (Yunhui): Pronounced xia Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced xia Commentary on the Water Classic (Shuijingzhu): The Huai River flows north through the mountain gorge, which is referred to as Gorge Stone. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Xia Stone County, also a prefecture name. Qin general Bai Qi attacked the State of Chu and burned Yiling, which is this location. Later, the Northern Zhou dynasty established the mouth of the Three Gorges there, which became Xia Prefecture.