You Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Foot (zú). Ji. Kangxi strokes: 21. Page 1235, Entry 17. Ancient form. Pronounced ji. Defined in the Explaining Graphs and Analysis of Characters (Shuowen Jiezi) as to ascend. According to the Dialects (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong, the term used between the sea and Mount Tai for to ascend is ji. From the Book of Odes (Shijing): The road is obstructed and steep. The Commentary states: Ji means to rise. Also written in the variant form (ji). From the Book of Changes (Yijing): Ascending to the nine mounds. The Explanation of the Text states: The original text for ji is also written as (ji). From the Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan): Raising Duke Xi to a higher rank. The Gongyang Commentary (Gongyang Zhuan) asks: What does raising mean? It means to ascend. In the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is sometimes written as (ji). Also pronounced ji (falling tone). Same meaning.