Zi Collection, Page Position: Upper, Radical: Knife (dāo), Page 36, Entry 03 Pronounced jí (entering tone) A place name. The "Zilin" (字林) commentary writes it as "棘," and because the place produced fine jade, the character was changed to include the "jade" radical. There is also a saying that jade is called "chuí jí" (垂㻷). It is also written as "蕀" in "Leipian" (类篇). It is commonly written as "蕀".