Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Stone (shí) Character: Xi Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 834, Entry 31 Pronounced xi. The same as the character for mountain stream. In the Erya (Erya) dictionary, section on water, it is stated that a stream flowing into a river is called a xi. In the Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen), it is defined as a passage through mountains. In the Rhapsody on the Long Flute (Changdi Fu) by Ma Rong, it is written: There is nothing the waterway overlooks, but the stony stream of ten thousand fathoms. Also, a place name. In the Commentary on the Classic of Water (Shuijing), it notes the Ji River flows east to Beiliqi.