Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Character: 藄 Kangxi stroke count: 20 Page 1063, Entry 31 Pronounced qi Progress Toward Elegance (Erya), Explaining Plants: Qí is yuè'ěr. Commentary: This is the purple qí. It resembles a fern and is edible. Also Pronounced jī Meaning is the same. Sometimes also written in a variant form.