You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: See (jiàn) Kangxi strokes: 22 Page 1138, Entry 01 Pronounced di. Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Graphic Components): To see. Book of Changes (Yijing), Hexagram of Oppression: For three years he is not seen. Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu), 24th Year of Duke Zhuang: The high officials and the wives of the clan met using silk offerings. Gongyang Commentary (Gongyangzhuan): What is meant by meeting? It means to see. Book of Rites (Liji), Sacrificial Rites in the Suburbs: Dare not meet in private. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Autumn Offices, Commentary on the Master of Ceremonies: Private meeting refers to a private face-to-face encounter. Compendium of Rhymes Supplementary Commentary (Yunhui Xiaobu): Before a ruler, it is called a meeting; before a high minister, it is called a face-to-face encounter. Meeting and face-to-face encounter are distinguished. In prose, face-to-face encounter is also used for meeting. Also pronounced ti. Also pronounced ji. The same. See the note for the previous character. Also pronounced du. Lu Yun, Poem presented to Cavalry General Gu: The deep mechanism echoes with terror, the hidden and the manifest are broadly revealed. Harmonious with fellow men, all things return to flourish in their time. Rhymes with yu. Also written in a variant form. Also written in a variant form.