Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Short-tailed bird (zhuī) Character: ji Kangxi stroke count: 28 Page 1371, Entry 15 Pronounced ji According to the Explanations of Graphs and Analysis of Characters (Shuowen jiezi), it refers to a flock of birds in a tree. Composed of the graph for a flock of birds and the graph for wood. Additionally, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it also means to gather. Qu Yuan in the Encountering Sorrow (Lisao): Gathering lotus flowers to fashion as clothing. According to the Explanations of Graphs and Analysis of Characters (Shuowen jiezi), it is also written in a simplified variant form. See the detailed entry for the character ji previously cited.