硝 · Liu Gongquan
Xiāo (1st tone). This character is not in the Shuowen Jiezi. The Shuowen has only 消 「盡也。从水肖聲」 — ‘to melt away, to be exhausted’, and the Kangxi dictionary states the relationship outright: 「硭硝，藥名。《正字通》方書：硝有七種…本作消，俗譌爲硝」 — the stone-radical f $9.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart