You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Carriage (chē) Pronounced qí (level tone) Page 1240, Entry 23 "With long hubs for the wheels" — Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen Jiezi) "Bound with leather and decorated with patterns" — Book of Odes (Shijing) Note: "Bound" means to fasten. It refers to binding the hubs of the chariot with leather and painting them red. "Decorated with patterns" refers to ornamentation. According to the "Kaogong Ji" (Kaogong Ji), the length of the hub is divided into three parts: two parts are outside and one part is inside, where the spokes are placed. Therefore, the part of the hub that is outside is long, and the part inside is short. The "qi" is not the name of the hub itself, but rather the long, protruding part outside the hub. All parts within the wheel are generally called hubs. The protruding part of the hub is called "qi".