Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) 泫 Kangxi stroke count: 9 Page 618, Entry 08 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collection Rhyme (Jiyun), Rhyme Gathering (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced xuan. Explanation of Graphs (Shuowen): The appearance of flowing water. Also refers to the luster of dew. Poem by Xie Lingyun: Dew on the flowers still glimmers (xuan). Also the appearance of dew dripping down. Poem by Xie Huilian: Dew dripping (xuanxuan) fills the branches. Also the appearance of shedding tears. Book of Rites (Liji), Tan Gong chapter: Confucius shed tears (xuanran). Also, from Collection Rhyme (Jiyun), Rhyme Gathering (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced xuan. Kunxuan, the appearance of deep and expansive water. Guo Pu, River Rhapsody (Jiangfu): The expansive (huang) and deep (xuan) waters. Also the name of a river, belonging to Shangdang. History of the Former Han (Qian Han Shu), Treatise on Geography: Shangdang Commandery contains Xuan City. Commentary: Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing) states this is the source of the Xuan River. Commentary on the Biography of Wan Xiu in the History of the Later Han (Hou Han Shu): This is the present-day Gaoping County in Zezhou. Also, from Collection Rhyme (Jiyun): Pronounced xian. Same meaning. Also pronounced xuan. Xuanmin, meaning to mix together. Commonly written as a variant form (xuan).