Hai Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Bone (gǔ) Entry: Sui Kangxi stroke count: 23 Page 1451, Entry 04 Compendium of Phonetics (Jiyun): Same as the previous entry. Explication of Names (Shiming): Sui means to leave behind; to leave behind is to be drained. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Treatise on Rites and Music (Liyue Zhi): Soaking through skin and flesh to be stored within the bone marrow.