Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower Radical: Knife (dao) Jing Kangxi Strokes: 9 Page: 139 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) records the fanqie pronunciation of gu and ting. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Collection (Yunhui) record the fanqie pronunciation of gu and ding. Sounded as jing. Jade Chapters (Yupian): To cut the neck with a knife. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of the King of Huainan (Huainanwang Zhuan): Ordered his follower Wei Jing to cut his neck. Annotation: Jing refers to cutting off his head. Also mentioned in Collected Rhymes with the fanqie pronunciation ji and ding, as the departing tone of jing. The meaning is the same. Also mentioned in Collected Rhymes with the fanqie pronunciation nang and ding, as the departing tone of ding. The meaning is the same.