Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Stone (shí) Character: Nì Kangxi Stroke Count: 19 Page 837, Entry 44 According to the Sound of Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced qi (falling tone). The term lánì describes the sound of stones colliding. According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced e (entering tone); also according to the Sound of Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced e (entering tone). The term nìnì describes the appearance of stones. Sometimes also written in variant forms (é) and (wù).