Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: Cheng Kangxi Stroke Count: 5 Page 603, Entry 02 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced zheng (rising tone). It is the same as the character for rescue. It means to assist or rescue. Another source states it is the name of a county. Also used as a personal name. In the History of Jin (Jinshu), Biography of the Imperial Clan, there is a Prince of Qiao named Cheng. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced cheng. The pronunciation and meaning are the same as the character for receive or assist. It means to uphold, maintain, or accept. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zheng. Chengxiang is the name of a marquisate during the Han Dynasty. Sometimes also written in a variant form. See the entry for the character meaning receive or assist under the Radical: Hand (shǒu).