Zi Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Corpse (shī) Page 399, Entry 07 Pronounced zī (entering tone) — "Yùpiān" Meaning: to govern. Originally written as . Pronounced niǎn (falling tone) — "Zìhuì" Meaning: to soften leather. Annotation: This character belongs to the "Corpse" (shī) radical, which signifies a sideways posture, and "Fork" (chā), representing forceful use of the hand. It is a phono-semantic compound character. Its pronunciation and meaning were originally different from the character . "Zìhuì" mistakenly used the pronunciation and meaning of this character to annotate , which is incorrect. For a detailed explanation, please refer to the annotation for the three-stroke character.