You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Kangxi Strokes: 10 Page 1148, Entry 06 Tang Yun: Pronounced qi. Jiyun, Yunhui: Pronounced qi. Shuowen Jiezi: To stop. Xu says: Speech that comes to a stop. Yupian: To finish. Zengyun: To end; to conclude. Zihui: To exhaust. Book of Documents (Shujing), Lu Punishments: Regarding the administration of prisons, do not let it stop at mere intimidation, but rather let it conclude with benevolence. Commentary: Qi means to finish; therefore, the commentary interprets qi as to end. Guliang Zhuan, Ninth Year of Duke Xi: Do not stop the buying of grain. Annotation: Qi means to stop. It refers to the storing of grain. It also means to end. History of the Former Han (Hanshu), Biography of Wang Mang: Liu Xin ended by not informing him. Shigu Annotation: Qi means to end. Shiji, Sima Zhen, Annals of the Three Sovereigns: The Spring and Autumn Apocrypha states that from the creation of the world to the capture of the lin, history is divided into ten eras; the tenth is called the Liulu Era. Jiyun: Pronounced xi. Same as the character denoting to arrive. Erya, Explanation of Terms: To arrive. Book of Documents (Shujing), Kong Anguo Preface: From the time of Tang Yao and Yu Shun until the Zhou dynasty. History of the Former Han (Hanshu), Edict of Emperor Cheng: Up to the present day, it has not been changed. Shuowen Jiezi: Originally written in a variant form.