Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Person (rén) Cí Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 111, Entry 19 Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced chā. Cí zī, meaning uneven. Yang Xiong, Rhapsody on the Sweet Spring Palace (Ganquan fu): Arranged in parallel rows, overlapping like fish scales. Cí zī, uneven, fish moving upward and birds fluttering. Also in Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on the Shanglin Park (Shanglin fu): Cí chí zī sī. Commentary: Zī is pronounced cǐ, sī is pronounced sī. Also written in a variant form (cí zī).