Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Stone (shí) Kangxi Strokes: 15 Page 835, Entry 05 Pronounced gai (falling tone). Zhengzitong (Proper Character Mastery) states it is the sound of two stones striking each other. Also written in a variant form (kè). Also pronounced kē. The sound of stone. Also rhyming as qì. Yang Xiong in Ganquan Fu (Rhapsody on the Sweet Spring) writes: Ascending Changping, the thunderous drums resound; the celestial voice arises, and the brave warriors are aroused. Rhymes with pei and shi.