Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower. Radical: Eight (bā). Ji. Kangxi Dictionary Stroke Count: 16. Page 128, Entry 24. Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) gives the pronunciation as jiǔ lì qiè. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui) give the pronunciation as jǐ lì qiè. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) gives the pronunciation as jí qì qiè, sounding the same as jì, a thoroughbred horse. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi) defines it as the north. The character structure is composed of the components for north and different, with the latter serving as the phonetic component. Xu says it refers to a northern province. Jade Chapters (Yupian) states it refers to a northern province, which is why the character follows the component for north. Approaching the Correct (Erya), in the section Explaining Lands, records that the area between the Yellow River and the West River is called Jizhou. Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun) records it as one of the Nine Provinces. Book of Jin (Jinshu), in the Treatise on Geography, records that the terrain of Jizhou has both strategic passes and level plains, making it a place where emperors establish their capitals. Emperor Shun, because the north-south territory was vast, divided the area west of the State of Wei into Bingzhou and the area north of the State of Yan into Youzhou. It also means to hope or to desire. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), in the thirty-third year of Duke Xi, records: The State of Zheng is already prepared; one cannot harbor further designs. It is also used as a surname. Rhyme Assembly records that in the State of Jin, there was a high official named Ji Rui. Rhyme Supplement (Yunbu) notes the pronunciation can be harmonized as gǒu qǐ qiè, sounding the same as the word pronounced yǐ. Songs of the South (Chu Ci), in the section Nine Arguments, contains the line: My heart is joyful with expectation, yet melancholy with nothing to hope for.