You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Red (chì) Kangxi Strokes: 7 Page 1213, Entry 22 Ancient form: chǐ Tang Dynasty Rhymes (Tangyun), Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced chì. Shuowen Jiezi: The color of the south. Yupian: Vermilion color. Book of Changes (Yijing), Explanation of the Trigrams: Heaven (qian) represents great red. Commentary: It takes the color of the flourishing yang energy. Book of Documents (Shujing), Tribute of Yu (Yugong): Its tribute is the five-colored soil. Commentary: The Son of Heaven's altar of soil is five zhang wide; the east is green, the south is red, the west is white, and the north is black, covered on top with yellow soil. Book of Rites (Liji), Summary of the Rules of Propriety (Quli): The people of Zhou honored the color red. Commentary: They took the month of Zi as the beginning of the year, when things begin to sprout with a reddish color. Also, Book of Documents (Shujing), Announcement to Kang (Kanggao): To protect the red child (infant). Commentary: A child is born with a reddish color, hence the term red child. Also, History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Treatise on the Five Elements: Red earth for a thousand li. Commentary: To be emptied of all things is called red (bare). Also, Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): To be unclothed is called having a red body, referring to the color of the flesh. Also, Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Mencius: The Central Kingdom is called the Red Region Divine Continent. Also, Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Red Region refers to the imperial capital counties. Book of Jin (Jin Shu), Biography of Cheng Gong Sui: The Red Region is situated at the Chen and Si directions. Also, name of a river. Zhuangzi, Heaven and Earth: The Yellow Emperor wandered to the north of the Red River. Guangya: From the southeast corner of the Kunlun Mountains flows the Red River. Also, Six Reds. Zhengzitong: A nickname for dice. Li Dong, Poem for Li Langzhong: A slight yellow happily signals the dream of Zhuang Zhou, six reds are cast anew to form the seal. Also, a surname. Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals (Lushi Chunqiu): Chi Ji made the mortar. Biographies of Immortals (Liexian Zhuan): Chi Fu was a person from Ba. Also, Jiyun: Pronounced qī. Rites of Zhou (Zhou Li), Autumn Officials: The Chi Ba official. Commentary: Chi Ba is the same as saying to clear away. Commentary: To clear away means to remove. Also, Rhyme Supplements (Yunbu): Rhymes with chì lüè. Guo Pu, Praise for the Zhen: In the mountains of Zhangyi, strange things reside. There is a beast resembling a leopard, its color being red.