Xu Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Mound (fù). Gui. Kangxi stroke count: 14. Page 1350, number 10. Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced according to the fanqie of guò and wěi. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced according to the fanqie of gǔ and wěi. The sound is guǐ. Explaining Graphs (Shuowen): A ruined wall. Originally written in the variant form guǐ. Ocean of Characters (Pianhai): Also written in a variant form. Also, Jade Chapters (Yupian): The name of a mountain. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced according to the fanqie of kǔ and wěi. The sound is guǐ. Originally written in the variant form guǐ. The meaning is the same. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Classified Chapters (Leipian): Pronounced according to the fanqie of xū and yí. The sound is xī. Ruined. Originally written in a variant form pronounced xī. Same as the character xī. Also means danger. In the Book of Han (Hanshu), the Eulogy of the Biography of Du Zhou states that one's career follows this and strikes at the danger (gui). Note: Yan Shigu says that the character gui is read the same as xì. The pronunciation is derived from the fanqie of xǔ and yí. The word xì also means danger, referring to striking at its dangerous points. The Master of the Ghost Valley (Guiguzi) contains a chapter titled Striking at the Danger (Dixì).