Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower Radical: Sword (dāo) Li; Kangxi strokes: 13; Page 143, Number 24 Tang Dynasty Rhyme Dictionary (Tangyun): The cut of lǐ and zhī. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui): The cut of liáng and zhī. Pronounced the same as lí. Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): To cut or scratch. Composed of the Sword (dāo) radical and the lí phonetic element. Jade Chapters (Yupian): To peel or skin. Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui): Also interchangeably used with the character lí. "His face was cut and streaming with blood" — History of the Later Han (Hou Han Shu), Biography of Geng Gong. Note: In this context, it is the same as the headword character. Also interchangeable with the character lí. "Felling the bian and nan trees to split and cut them" — Master of Huainan (Huainanzi), Customary Precepts. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes also written as lí.