Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) 桔 Kangxi stroke count: 10 Page 526, Entry 08 Guangyun (Dictionary of Sounds and Rhymes), Jiyun (Compilation of Rhymes), Leipian (Categorized Compilation), and Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes) all state the pronunciation is jie. Shuowen (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): Jiegeng, the name of a medicinal herb. Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguo Ce): If one seeks bupleurum and balloon flower in the marshes of Ju, one might not find them even after several generations. Also jiegao, a windlass used at a well. Zhuangzi (Master Zhuang), Chapter on the Revolution of Heaven: A windlass is a device that bows down when pulled and rises when released. Also, Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Lord Xinling: The northern border transmitted the warning by lighting beacons. Wen Ying’s commentary states: It is made of tall wooden towers; atop the towers are windlasses, upon which fuel is placed, and when there is an emergency, they are lit; this is called a beacon. Also jiedie, the name of a remote suburb of Zheng. See the entry for die for details. Also, Jiyun (Compilation of Rhymes): Pronounced xie. The meaning is the same.