Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) 涎 Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 626, Entry 21 Pronounced xián. Same as the variant form. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Saliva from longing. Jia Yi's New Book (Xinshu): Hanging saliva and telling one another. Pronounced xiàn. Mianxian, the appearance of flowing water. Also yixian, a winding and continuous appearance. Mu Hua's Rhapsody on the Sea (Haifu): Winding and continuous across the eight horizons.