Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Xiao Kangxi stroke count: 20 Page 660, Entry 01 Pronounced xiao. Xiaoxiao, describes the appearance of wind and rain blowing rapidly. Book of Odes (Shijing), Zheng Airs (Zhengfeng): The wind and rain are blowing rapidly. Also the name of a river. Geography Record (Guangyuji): The Xiao River, located outside the city walls of Yongzhou Prefecture, originates in the Nine Doubts Mountains (Jiuyishan). Commentary on the Classic of Waterways (Shuijingzhu): Xiao, refers to water that is clear and deep. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes also written in a variant form (su).