Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: Diao Kangxi Stroke Count: 12 Page 629, Entry 18 According to the Sound Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced zhou. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it means to surround or encircle. Sometimes written in a variant form (zhou). According to the Classified Chapters (Leipian), it is the name of a river. Another interpretation states it refers to a winding water flow.