You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Foot (zú) Character: Nì Kangxi Stroke Count: 14 Page 1226, Entry 25 According to the Extensive Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings (Guangyun) and the Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun), pronounced nie. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Compendium of Rhymes (Yunhui), pronounced nie. In the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it denotes two feet unable to pass one another. According to the Commentary of Guliang (Guliang Zhuan) on the twentieth year of Duke Zhao, when two feet cannot pass one another, the people of Qi call it qi, the people of Chu call it ni, and the people of Wei call it zhe. In the Explanations of Text (Shiwen), ni refers to feet joined together and unable to move apart.