Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) Kangxi stroke count: 7 Page 376, Entry 01 Archaic form: ji Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): pronounced ji (falling tone). Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): pronounced ji (falling tone); the pronunciation is identical to ji. Shuowen Jiezi: The meaning is to hate or detest. Zengyun: Jealousy. Book of Odes (Shijing), Zhou Nan section, Little Stars commentary: Jealousy arising from appearance is called du, while jealousy arising from character is called ji. Also: Taboo. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Spring Officials, Minor Historian: To announce the taboos of the sovereign. Commentary: Refers to announcing the taboos of the former kings to the sovereign. Also: Earth Officials, Recitation Instructions: Responsible for explaining regional taboos to advise people to avoid them. Note: If one does not avoid those taboos, the local people will consider the speech reckless. Also: To fear. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), Year 6 of Duke Zhao: If the common people know there are laws, they will not fear their superiors. Also: To resent. Discourses of Jin (Jinyu): Small men resent without reflecting. Note: Means resentment. Also: To be cautious and fearful. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Counsels of Lu: Be respectful and cautious; let there be no words for which one can be criticized in one's own person. Note: The meaning of ji is to be cautious and fearful. Also: To be respectful. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), Year 1 of Duke Zhao: If not the traveler, then whom should one respect? Note: The meaning is that if one does not respect the traveler, who else should be respected? Also: Anniversary of a death, referring to the day a parent passed away. Book of Rites (Liji), Meaning of Sacrifices: A superior person has a lifelong sorrow; this refers to the death anniversary. Also: A surname. Comprehensive Customs (Fengsutong): Descendants of the Duke of Zhou's relative Jifu, who took his grandfather's courtesy name as a surname. Also: Dragon taboo, referring to days when fire is prohibited. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Zhou Ju: There are prohibitions regarding the dragon taboo. Also: Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): pronounced ji (falling tone). Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): pronounced ji (falling tone); the pronunciation is identical to yi. A particle used for emphasis. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Zheng: How skilled is Shu at archery. Also: Five Sounds Collected Rhymes (Wuyin Jiyun): pronounced ji (rising tone); the pronunciation is identical to qi, and also carries the meaning of being cautious and fearful. Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes: Only these sages have vision that reaches a hundred miles. Only those fools, instead, are wildly pleased with themselves. It is not that they cannot speak; why are they so fearful and wary? Shuowen Jiezi: A heart being guarded (ji) is the character for ji. It is an associative compound character.