Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) 漩 Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 646, Entry 29 Pronounced xuan. Same as the character referring to a whirlpool. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it is a returning spring. As stated in the River Rhapsody (Jiang Fu) by Guo Pu: The water swirls and surges in a vortex. The annotation states: All these are descriptions of waves swirling and returning. Also pronounced xuan. The meaning is the same.