Yin Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Child (zǐ) 孖 Kangxi stroke count: 6 Page 277, Entry 17 Guangyun (Broad Rhymes of the Guangyun): Pronounced zi. Jiyun (General Rhymes of the Jiyun) and Leipian (Classified Chapters): Pronounced zi. The sound is like zi. Yupian (Jade Chapters): Twins. Also written as a variant form (zi), meaning to multiply or grow. Also, Guangyun and Jiyun: Pronounced zi (falling tone). The meaning is the same.