Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Xiang Kangxi strokes: 13 Page 637, Entry 11 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) state pronunciation as xiang. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui) state pronunciation as xiang; the sound is the same as the character xiang. The name of a river. Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters (Shuowen Jiezi) records: The Xiang River originates in Lingling at Yanghai Mountain and flows north into the Yangtze River. Also the name of a mountain. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): The Yellow Emperor traveled south to the Yangtze River and ascended Xiong Mountain and Xiang Mountain. Also a place name. Universal Geography Records (Guangyuji) records: Changsha Prefecture was known as Xiang Province during the Wu and Jin dynasties. Also the name of a lake. Universal Geography Records (Guangyuji) records: Xiang Lake is located in Xiaoshan County, Shaoxing Prefecture. Also carries the meaning of to boil or cook. Book of Odes (Shijing): With what shall one cook it? With a tripod with feet and a cauldron without feet. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) provides the pronunciation as shuang. The meaning is the same.