Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Stone (shí) Character: Cui Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 835, Entry 42 Collected Rimes (Jiyun) states it is pronounced cui. Shuowen Jiezi states: Originally written as cui. It refers to a mountain that is high. Ji Kang, Rhapsody on the Zither (Qinfu): High and craggy. Annotation: The appearance of being high and precipitous. Also, Hong Shi, Exegesis of Clerical Script (Lishi): Cui is often used interchangeably with cui. Appears in the inscription of Fei Feng Yin. Also, Collected Rimes (Jiyun) states it is pronounced sa. It refers to the appearance of thick silk.