Chen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Sun (rì) 昵 Kangxi strokes: 9 Page 494, Entry 07 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collection Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): Pronounced ni (falling tone). Explanation of Graphs (Shuowen): A variant form of a character written with the radical for sun, or sometimes written with the radical for woman (ni). Book of Documents (Shujing), Speech of Yue: Official positions should not be used for personal favorites. Commentary: This character means close or intimate. Also in the Great Oath (Taishi): Intimately associating with criminals. Sub-commentary: This character means to draw near or be intimate. Also in Collection Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ri (falling tone). The meaning is the same. Also pronounced mi (rising tone). Book of Documents (Shujing), The Day of the Sacrifice to Gaozong: In the canon of sacrifices, one should not be excessive in the ancestral temple. Explanation of Texts (Shiwen): This character refers to the father, specifically the ancestral temple of the deceased father. Also in Collection Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): Pronounced zhi (entering tone). It means to be sticky or adhesive. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Officials, Artificers Record: Among all such adhesives, none can be squared. Pronunciation and Meaning (Yinyi): Also pronounced zhi (entering tone). Note: Zheng Sinong stated: It means the glue is strong and flexible; hence, the original text used this character. It is sometimes written as another form (zhi). Du Zichun stated: It should be read as the character in the phrase "not righteous and not intimate." Sometimes written as another character. That character means to be sticky. Also in Rhyme Supplements (Yunbu): Rhymes with the sound nie (entering tone). Yin Chen, Rhapsody on Unusual Cloth: There is no light that does not scorch, only in this forest it remains intimate. Fire burns wood without it withering, wood emits fire without being exhausted.