Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Xiao Kangxi strokes: 11 Page 626, Entry 11 Pronounced xiao. According to the Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen), it means to exhaust. It also refers to extinction or elimination. Book of Changes (Yijing), Tai Hexagram: The influence of small men diminishes. Also refers to dissolving or dissipating. Book of Rites (Liji), Monthly Ordinances: The ice melts and dissolves. Also refers to consumption. Yang Xiong, Great Mystery (Taixuanjing): Nine types of phenomena, the seventh is called xiao. Commentary: Xiao refers to the dissipation of will. Also, xiaoxiao describes an appearance of decline. Book of Odes (Shijing), Binfeng: My tail has become sparse. Commentary: It is also written as xiaoxiao. Also refers to a place name. Book of Odes (Shijing), Zhengfeng: The army of Qingyi is stationed at Xiao. Commentary: Xiao is a place along the Yellow River. Also refers to a type of illness, interchangeable with xiao. History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Li Tong: Li Tong had long suffered from the wasting-thirst disease (diabetes). Commentary: Xiao refers to wasting-thirst disease. Also refers to saltpeter, a medicinal ingredient. Also interchangeable with xiao (to roam). Book of Rites (Liji), Tan Gong: Wandering leisurely at the gate. Commentary: Xiaoyao is also written as xiaoyao. Also, for rhyme purposes, pronounced xu. Cui Yin, Rhapsody on Returning to the Capital (Fandufu): The trunk is weak and the branches are strong; when the ends are robust, the roots are weakened. This rhymes with the character yu in the following line. Also, for rhyme purposes, pronounced xiu. Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on the Great Master (Darenfu): Suddenly vanishing like mist, instantly dissipating like clouds. Slanting across the lesser yang and ascending to the greater yin, seeking out those who have attained the Dao.