Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: 溭 Kangxi Stroke Count: 14 Page 640, Entry 26 Pronounced zè (falling tone) Jade Chapters (Yupian): The meaning is waves. It also refers to a state of turbulent waves, describing the power of water. Guo Pu: River Rhapsody (Jiang Fu): Waves rise and fall in uneven succession, like dragon scales interlaced and connected. Commentary: The rising and falling of waves are uneven, following one after another, as if dragon scales were connected and woven together.