Shen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Insect (chóng) 螝 Kangxi strokes: 16 Page 1093, Entry 36 Tang Rhymes (Tang yun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced kui (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi: Silkworm pupa. Erya, Interpretation of Insects: Guǐ is a pupa. Commentary: That which the silkworm transforms into; one name is guǐ, another is pupa. Liu Zongyuan, Questions to Heaven (Tian dui): The guǐ gnaws its own poison, not letting it spread outward. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced kui (falling tone). The meaning is the same. Also, Yan Family Instructions (Yan shi jia xun): Interchangeable with the character huǐ. See the detailed entry for the character huǐ. Textual research: Erya, Interpretation of Insects says guǐ is a pupa. The commentary says that which the silkworm transforms into. Following the original text, the commentary has been changed to a sub-commentary.