Chen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Tree (mù) Kangxi strokes: 10 Page 522, Entry 01 Pronounced qi. Sometimes written as a variant form (qiè), and also written in a variant form. Meaning to carve. Also, pronounced qie. Originally written as a variant form (qi). Book of Extant Glosses (Erya): Qi and mie mean to destroy or cease entirely. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), ninth year of Duke Ding: Yang Huo borrowed a cart from a man of the town and notched its axle. Colloquially read as xie. Additionally, Extensive Glosses (Boya): Qie means to be chipped or broken. Qieqie means sorrowful.