Chen Collection, Middle Volume, Radical: Tree (mù) Xi (xī) Kangxi Stroke Count: 8 Page 515, Entry 08 Classical Chinese: Pronounced xi (entering tone) according to Tang Yun. Pronounced xi according to Jiyun and Yunhui. Pronounced xi according to Zheng Yun. Meaning: To split wood. "Book of Odes (Shijing)": "How to split firewood? Without an axe, it cannot be done." Alternative meaning: To break. Also means to divide. "Book of Documents (Shu)" (Yao Dian): "His people are divided." Kong Anguo's commentary: "Able-bodied men go to work, the old and weak are separated." Also means to analyze. Tao Qian's (Jin Dynasty) poem "Moving Residence": "Doubts and meanings are analyzed together." Also, "Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji)" (Lü Shu): "Yin is called Xi Mu." Also, a country name. "Book of Documents (Shu)" (Yu Gong): "Kunlun, Xi Zhi, Qu Sou." Also, a place name. Xi Cheng, belonging to Ji Province. Also, a place name. "Zuo Zhuan" (Duke Xi, 25th year): "Qin has taken Xi." Also, "Shi Zi": "Rainbows are called Xi Yi." Also, pronounced si (level tone) according to Leipian. "Rites of Zhou (Zhou Li)" (Tianguan - Hairen): "Beans offered as food are Xi." Also, a type of grass. Zhang Yi said: Xi resembles wild oats. Also, level tone. Pronounced xi (level tone) according to Tang Yun. "Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji)" (Wudi Ji): "Xi Zhi Qu Shou." Suoyin: Written as Xian Zhi Qu Sou. Xian and Xi have similar pronunciations; in ancient times, Xian was read as Si. Also, pronounced xi (near ci) according to Xi Li Qie. "Later Han Dynasty" (Western Qiang Biography): "Bordering Ci Zhi." Note: Ci Zhi is what the "Book of Documents (Shu)" (Yu Gong) refers to as Xi Zhi. Correction: "Book of Documents (Shu)" (Yu Gong): "Xi Zhi Qu Sou of the Western Rong." Corrected according to the original text to "Kunlun Xi Zhi Qu Sou."