Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Kangxi Strokes: 12 Page 923, Entry 01 Pronounced ji (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): To be mutually sufficient. Yupian: To supply, to prepare. Zuo Zhuan (Zuo Zhuan): How could one dare not provide supplies. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Treatise on Rites and Music: One does not have time to provide sufficiency. Commentary: To provide is to be sufficient. Also pronounced jie (entering tone). To be quick of speech. Book of Rites (Liji), Zhongni Yanju: Being respectful but not according to the rites is called being glib. Commentary: This refers to being glib. Analects of Confucius (Lunyu): Defending oneself against others with glib speech. He Yan Commentary: The eloquent speech of a sycophant. Also pronounced ye (entering tone). Meaning is the same. Also pronounced qia (entering tone). When the year is in the earthly branch of Wei, it is called Zhi-qia. Commonly written as qia.