Yin Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Roof (bù) Entry: gui Kangxi stroke count: 5 Page 281, Entry 15 Ancient script form. Pronounced gui. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): Treachery. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Autumn Official, Office of the Magistrate: Evil arising from within is called jian, evil arising from without is called gui. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Canon of Shun: To punish those who are treacherous and evil. Also used interchangeably with the character pronounced gui. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): To punish those who are treacherous and evil.