Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) 淤 Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 630, Entry 23 Tang Dynasty Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), and Rectified Rhymes (Zhengyun) all provide the pronunciation yu (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Sediment or turbid mud. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Mud and weeds in water. Du Du, Rhapsody on the Capital (Lun du fu): Drains and irrigation channels moisten the mud. Yang Xiong, Dialect (Fangyan): That which is in water and can be inhabited is called a shoal (zhou); in the area of the three Sufu (the capital region), it is called yu. Guangyun: Pronounced yu (level tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), and Rectified Rhymes (Zhengyun) provide the pronunciation yu (level tone). The meaning is the same. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written with the earth radical. Commonly written as e. Comprehensive Mirror (Tongjian): The Qin state dug a channel from the Jing River, directing the water that carries sediment. Collected Annotations (Jilan): E is pronounced yu (falling tone). Sometimes written as 阏. Commonly written as yu. Also interchangeable with yu (to satiate). Ma Rong, Eulogy on the Vast Park (Guangcheng song): To distribute the catch and reward the laborers with a feast. Annotation: Yu is identical to yu (to satiate).