You Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Walk (chuò)
Character: chi
Kangxi Stroke Count: 18
Page 1264, Entry 17
Archaic form: li
Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced chi
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Pronounced ni
Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zhi
Phonetic value: chi
Shuowen Jiezi: To walk slowly.
Guangyun: Long duration; slow.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wei: The walk on the road is slow and lingering.
Book of Rites (Liji), Jade Pattern: The demeanor of a gentleman is relaxed and slow.
Also, in the Kongzi Xianju: Rituals without fixed form, the dignified demeanor is slow and measured.
Commentary: Slow and unhurried.
Also, wei-chi, the appearance of winding and distant.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Minor Odes of the Kingdom: The road to Zhou is winding and distant.
Also, Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Qi-chi, to rest.
Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of the States: One may rest and dwell.
Also, a surname.
Book of Documents (Shujing), Announcement of Pan Geng: Chi Ren spoke these words.
Commentary: An ancient worthy.
Also, Yuchi, a double surname.
Guangyun, Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Pronounced zhi
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhi
Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zhi
Phonetic value: zhi
Guangyun: To wait for.
Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals of Emperor Zhang: I think of waiting for upright scholars, and lean to the side of my mat to hear about rare matters.
Also, Biography of Zhao Yi: Truly hoping to clarify the long-held expectation.
Commentary: To hold in one's heart and wait with longing.
Also, chi-ming, meaning dawn.
Book of the Former Han (Hanshu), Annals of Emperor Gao: At the approach of dawn, they surrounded Wancheng three times.
Commentary: Chi means not yet. It refers to the moment before the sky is bright.
Biography of Wei Qing: At the approach of dawn, they traveled over two hundred li.
Commentary: Chi means to wait. Waiting for the sky to brighten.
Also, Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Desiring speed but considering the other party to be slow is called chi; causing the other party to walk slowly while waiting is also called chi.
Xunzi, Cultivating the Self: Wait for them to stop and wait for me.
Also, meaning then or and then.
Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Lord Chunshen: Then ordered Han and Wei to return the imperial weight to Qi.
Commentary: Chi is like zhi, and zhi is like then.
Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): The characters chi and chi are identical.