Mao Collection, Lower Volume Radical: None (wú) Kangxi Strokes: 11 Page 485, Entry 30 Pronounced ji (falling tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to a small meal. Formed from the grain radical and a phonetic component. The Analects of Confucius (Lunyu) states: Do not let the food exceed being enough. Note: In current versions of the Analects of Confucius (Lunyu), it is written as qi. Also, per the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it means already. Book of Changes (Yijing), Small Restraint hexagram: Already rained, already settled. Book of Odes (Shijing), Shao Nan section: Already have seen him, already have met him. Also, per the Broad Elegant (Boya), it means complete. Book of Changes (Yijing), Commentary on After Completion: The term used for reaching the end. Book of Documents (Shujing), Canon of Shun: The month is complete. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), First Year of Duke Huan: The sun suffered a total eclipse. Also, per the Broad Elegant (Boya), it means to lose. Also, synonymous with irrigation. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of the Five Emperors: Emperor Ku already held the middle path and reached across the world. Annotation: Xu Guang says: In ancient times, the character for already was written with a water radical. Also, in the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced ji (falling tone). The meaning is the same. Also, pronounced xi (high level tone). A variant form of food provisions. Refers to providing fodder and grain to guests. Book of Rites (Liji), Doctrine of the Mean: Provide grain and measure according to circumstances. Annotation: Here, read as the word for food provisions. Food provisions are rations. Orthography Investigation (Zhengzitong): This is a vulgar form of the character. In the center of the character, the spoon component is written as a vertical line and two dots.