Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Tiger (hū) Entry: Kui Kangxi Stroke Count: 17 Page 86, Entry 02 Pronounced kui According to the Shuo Wen Jie Zi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): A loss of vital energy. Xu says: When the energy is lacking, its output is slow and delayed, therefore the character is formed with the element meaning to lack. According to the Guang Yun (Broad Rhymes): To lack or be deficient. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): When the moon is full, it begins to wane. Book of Jin (Jinshu): In the Treatises on Harmonics and Calendars, when the moon is on the outer path and the conjunction follows the crossing, an eclipse begins at the southwest corner. Also interchangeable with the character Xi. In the Liu Shu Zheng E (Rectification of the Six Scripts): Fu Xi was written in ancient times as Fu Kui.