Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: 渰 Kangxi strokes: 13 Page 635, Entry 05 Pronounced yan (rising tone) according to Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Meeting (Yunhui); and Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun). According to Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it describes the appearance of clouds and rain. From the Book of Odes (Shijing), Small Odes (Xiao Ya): There are clouds gathering heavily. Commentary: When heaven is about to rain, the vapors of the earth rise and steam upward, creating moisture that saturates the myriad things. In Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is also written in a variant form.