Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) 洩 Kangxi strokes: 10 Page 621, Entry 20 Pronounced ye. To spread or dissipate. Commentary of Zuo (Zuozhuan), Year 1 of Duke Yin: Their joy is expansive. Also, the appearance of flying. Sea Rhapsody (Haifu) by Mu Hua: Soaring through fog, connected and majestic, spreading far and wide. Also, the appearance of moving with the wind. Sea Rhapsody by Mu Hua: Or flickering and spreading toward the country of the naked people. Pronounced xue. Dialect (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong: To dissipate or cease. Eastern Capital Rhapsody (Dongdufu) by Zuo Si: The horses slowed their pace, and the soldiers’ anger had not yet dissipated. Also, to leak. Doctrine of the Mean (Zhongyong): It stirs up the rivers and seas without leaking. Also, to remove. Also written as a variant form (xie), see the entry for that character. Also, to diminish. Commentary of Zuo, Year 20 of Duke Zhao: Supplement their deficiencies to diminish their faults. Also, the name of a stream. Commentary on the Classic of Waterways (Shuijingzhu): The Xie stream in Zhuji County. Also, a surname. Commentary of Zuo, Year 7 of Duke Xi: There is the Xie clan in Zheng. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Identical to the character泄.