Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Entry: 滸 Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 644, Entry 08 Pronounced hǔ. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Water bank. Erya (Erya): Explaining Hills: The land on top of a bank is called hu. Commentary: The level land above a bank that is slightly further away from the water is called hu. Book of Odes (Shijing): On the banks of the Yellow River. Also, a branch of the Huai River. Erya (Erya): Explaining Waters: The Huai River is called Hu. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Originally written as xu, sometimes also written as hu. Yupian (Yupian): The same as hu.