Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Grain (hé) Character: Ji Kangxi Stroke Count: 16 Page 859, Entry 19 Pronounced ji (falling tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it means dense or thick. As written in the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), in the Biography of Prince Daohui of Qi: Deep plowing and dense planting, though when transplanting seedlings, they should be somewhat sparse. It also refers to a place name. Jizhou, located northeast of the city of Jinling. Cited in the Annals of Jinling (Jinling Zhi). Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced ji (falling tone). The meaning is the same.