Mao Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Heart (xīn)
Kangxi strokes: 11
Page 388, Entry 03
Pronounced hui.
According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it is defined as to mock or tease. The graph is formed by the radical for heart and the phonetic component li. It is interchangeable with the graph for hui (to joke). In the Eastern Capital Rhapsody (Dongjing Fu) by Zhang Heng, it is noted that You Yu, as a humble minister from the Western Rong, mocked Duke Mu of Qin within his palace. It is also used in personal names, such as Kong Kui of the State of Wei and Li Kui of the State of Wei.
Pronounced li.
According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian) and the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), and the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is defined as sorrow, sadness, or illness. It is interchangeable with the graph for li. In the Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes (Daya), it says, how can one be sorrowful. The Zhu Commentary (Zhu Zhuan) explains this instance of li as meaning sorrow.