Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Dog (quǎn) Kangxi strokes: 21 Page 713, Entry 15 Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced mi (rising tone). Originally written as xian. Sometimes written as a variant form. See the entry for the character xian for details. Originally written as a variant form. Sometimes written as a variant form. See the entry for the character xian for details. According to the note for the variant form, the character has been corrected to xian. Mi: Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced mi (rising tone); Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced mi (rising tone). Jade Chapter (Yupian): Macaque. Broadly Elegant (Boya): The nao and ju species are types of macaques. Also, Proper Character Mastery (Zhengzitong): Tongya states that mu hou and mi hou are both designations for the mother monkey. Commentary on the Western Regions Record in the History of the Former Han (Qianhan Xiyu Zhuan): Mu hou is the same as mi hou. The sound of mother shifted to ma, and then shifted to mi. In local dialects, mother is called mu; this is the evidence. Among animals, the female is stronger; today, the macaque is used to refer to the larger specimen, similar to how large things are often called ma, such as the horse-ear or the thistle-horse plant. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes written as mi.