Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Flesh (ròu) Character: Die Kangxi Stroke Count: 11 Page 977, Entry 10 Broad Rimes (Guangyun) and Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced die (rising tone). Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): The unevenness of bones. Derived from flesh and loss (shi), with the meaning and sound combined. Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Bone protrusion. Collected Rimes (Jiyun): One definition is swelling. Another definition is flesh connected to the buttocks. Refined Conversations (Boya): Die means swelling. Masters of Huainan (Huainanzi), Chapter on Spiritual Training (Jingshen Xun): All things turn their backs to the shade and embrace the sun, using the surging energy to create harmony; thus it is said: in the first month there is fat, and in the second month there is swelling.