Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) 浴 Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 625, Entry 09 Pronounced yù. According to the Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen), it means to wash the body. According to the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), under the Office of Heaven (Tianguan): The palace attendants provide for the King's bathing. The commentary states: Bathing uses hot water. It is also used to denote purification. According to the Book of Rites (Liji), in the chapter on The Conduct of the Scholar (Ruxing): The scholar washes his body and bathes his virtues. Also, according to the Xia Xiaozheng: In the tenth month, the black birds bathe. The black birds are crows. Bathing here means to suddenly fly up and suddenly fly down. Also, the name of a river. According to the Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): From the Taimao Mountain, the Yu River emerges. Also, from the Yin Mountain, the Zhuoyu River emerges. Also, from the Youdu Mountain, the Yu River emerges. Also, according to the Yunbu, it rhymes with the sound yue. According to Su Shi, in the Moon Inkstone Inscription: That which receives the water is the living light, and that which carries the ink is the dead soul. Suddenly the clouds gather heavily, watching the jade hare bathe. According to the Jiyun, it is sometimes written as a variant form.