Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Rain (yǔ) 雪 Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 1371, Entry 29 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) state: pronounced xue (falling tone). Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) state: pronounced xue (falling tone). Explanation of Graphs (Shuowen): Originally written as a different form. Congealed rain. Origin of Life Bundle (Yuanmingbao): Yin energy congeals to become snow. Explanation of Names (Shiming): Snow is to descend. Water descending meets cold energy and congeals, falling in a descending manner. Amplification of Elegant Expressions (Piya): Snow forms flowers with six petals. It is said that all grasses and trees have flowers with five petals, while snow flowers alone have six, which is the perfect number of Yin. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Bei (Beifeng): It rains snow in abundance. Also means to remove. Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui): To wash. Zhuangzi, Knowledge Wandering North: Wash away and purify the spirit. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguoce): To obtain worthy scholars to govern the state together and to wipe away the shame of the former kings is my desire. Also means to wipe. Family Sayings (Jiayu): To wipe peaches with millet. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Li Yiji: The Duke of Pei hurriedly wiped his feet and grasped a spear, saying, Invite the guest to enter. Also refers to Small Snow and Major Snow, names of solar terms. See History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Treatise on Harmonics and Calendars. Also the name of a mountain. History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Commentary on the Annals of Emperor Ming: The Heavenly Mountains are the Qilian Mountains. Also known as Snow Mountain. Also refers to Sunny Spring and White Snow, the name of an ancient musical piece. Also a surname. Correct Meaning Integrated (Zhengzitong): During the Hongwu reign of the Ming dynasty, there was an official named Xun Xueji.