You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Shell (bèi) Character: zhi Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 1207, Entry 07 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced chi Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ni, pronounced the same as chi Erya, Explaining Fishes (Erya, Shiyu): Yu-zhi refers to yellow and white alternating patterns. Commentary (Shu): Li Xun explains that yu-zhi is a type of mollusk shell with a yellow background and white patterns. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Also written as chi. Sea of Characters (Pianhai): Commonly written as a variant form.