Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Ox (niú) 牴; Kangxi Strokes: 9; Page 700, Entry 05 Pronounced di (rising tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): To butt. Formed by the radical for ox and the phonetic element di. Tangyun (Tang Dynasty Rhyme Dictionary): Horn butting. Yangzi Fangyan (Regional Speech): Di means to meet. In the regions of Yong and Liang, it is called di; in the regions of Qin and Jin, it is also called di. Yupian (Jade Chapters): Horn-butting, a type of variety performance. Yupian: To summarize. Great di, meaning a general summary. Yupian: Sometimes written in a variant form as di or di or di. Also, according to Jiyun (Collected Rhymes), pronounced di (rising tone). Originally written as a character for a ram. Also, according to Jiyun, pronounced jie. Di, the name of a beast with an honest and upright nature.