Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) 泣 Kangxi stroke count: 9 Page 617, Entry 09 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced qi (falling tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced qi (rising tone) Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): To shed tears without sound. Xu Xuan says: To weep is to cry softly. Book of Rites (Liji), Tan Gong chapter: To shed tears of blood for three years. Also in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced li (entering tone). Biaoqi, the appearance of being swift. Also interchangeable with the term meaning rough or astringent (se). Blood congealing and not dispersing. Basic Questions (Suwen): If cold air enters the vessels of the back transport points, then the blood vessels become obstructed.