Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Dog (quǎn) Jiang Kangxi Strokes: 15 Page 717, Entry 29 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced jiang (rising tone). It sounds the same as jiang. Jade Chapter (Yupian): The meaning is to help, to facilitate, to desire, to praise, and to incite a dog and encourage it. Currently written as a variant. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Explaining Writing and Character Analysis (Shuowen Jiezi) originally wrote it as a variant. Collection Rhymes (Jiyun): Written with the Big (da) radical as jiang. For a detailed explanation, see the entry for jiang under the Big (da) radical.