You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Walk (chuò) Character: chi Kangxi stroke count: 18 Page 1264, Entry 03 Ancient form: li Tang Rhyme (Tangyun): Pronounced zhi Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Anthology (Yunhui): Pronounced ni Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zhi Phonetic: chi Explanation from the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): To walk slowly. Broad Rhyme (Guangyun): To last a long time, to be slow. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wei: Walking on the road, slowly, slowly. Book of Rites (Liji), Jade Beads (Yuzao): The appearance of a noble man is relaxed and slow. Confucius in Leisure (Kongzi Xianju): Rituals without embodiment, the demeanor is slow and deliberate. Commentary: Slow and unhurried. Also refers to winding and distant appearance. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Xiao Ya: The road to Zhou is winding and long. Rhyme Anthology (Yunhui): To dwell or rest. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of the Air (Feng): One can rest here. Also a surname. Classic of History (Shujing), Announcement of Pan Geng: Chi Ren once said. Commentary: An ancient virtuous man. Also Yuchi, a double-character surname. Guangyun and Rhyme Anthology (Yunhui): Pronounced zhi Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhi Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zhi Phonetic: zhi Guangyun: To wait for. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals of Emperor Zhang: I long for upright scholars and await them, sitting sideways in anticipation of unusual news. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Zhao Yi: I truly hope to manifest that which is awaited. Commentary: To wait with a heart held in suspense and anticipation. Also means before dawn, which is daybreak. Book of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Annals of Emperor Gao: Before dawn, the army surrounded Wan City three times. Commentary: Chi means not yet. The moment before the sky brightens. Book of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Biography of Wei Qing: Before dawn, traveled over two hundred li. Commentary: Chi means to wait. To wait for the sky to brighten. Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun): Wishing to be fast but regarding the other as slow is called chi, or causing the other to walk slowly while waiting is also called chi. Xunzi, Cultivating the Self: Wait for them to stop so they may await me. Also means then or only then. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Lord Chunshen: Only then did I order Han and Wei to return the imperial weight to Qi. Commentary: Chi is synonymous with zhi. Zhi is synonymous with then. Rhyme Anthology (Yunhui): The characters chi and chi are identical.