Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Gan Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 630, Entry 25 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced gan (falling tone). Shuowen (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): Water entering a boat. Another interpretation refers to mud. Sometimes written in a variant form (qin). Also identical to the form (gan). A river name. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Treatise on Geography: In Yuzhang Commandery there is Xingan County. Ying Shao says: The source of the Gan River. Also, Guang Rhyme (Guangyun): Pronounced nan (rising tone); Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): Pronounced nan (level tone), with the same sound as yan (falling tone). The meaning is the same. It also refers to sinking or drawing water. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced han (level tone), with the same sound as han (level tone). The meaning is the same.