Wu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Field (tián) Gai Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 761, Entry 20 According to the Sound Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced gai. Same as gai. In the Discourses of the States (Guoyu), it is written: Residing in the fields of the nine gai. The commentary states: The nine gai refers to the extremes of the nine provinces.