Wu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Jade (yù) Qi Kangxi Strokes: 16 Page 740, Entry 25 According to Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), the pronunciation is qi. According to Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), the pronunciation is also qi. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Summer Offices, Official of Caps: The king wears a leather cap, decorated with multi-colored jade, known as qi. The commentary by Zheng Kangcheng states: Read like qi. Qi means to tie or knot. In the seams of the leather cap, twelve multi-colored jade pieces are strung and knotted as decoration. The Book of Odes (Shijing) says: The seams of the cap are like stars.