Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Kangxi Strokes: 12 Page 629, Entry 23 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun): Pronounced qi. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced qi. Shuowen Jiezi says it describes the appearance of clouds and rain rising. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes: Clouds rising in a dense manner. Also denotes cold. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Bei: Cold is the wind. Also the name of a river. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): Two hundred and fifty li west of Cui Mountain is Gui Mountain, where the Qi River originates. Also in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced qi. It also carries the meaning of clouds and rain rising. Also pronounced ci. The meaning is the same. Also pronounced qian. Describes a swift and rapid appearance. Sometimes written with the character for handsome (qian) as a variant. Commonly written as qian. Sima Xiangru, Rhapsody on the Master of Void (Zixu Fu): Swift and rapid. Xu Guang read it as such. In the Book of Han (Hanshu) and Selections of Refined Literature (Wenxuan), it is written as qian.