Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) 啓 Kangxi strokes: 11 Page 178, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced qǐ. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhymes Compilation (Yunhui): Pronounced qǐ. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced qǐ. Pronounced qǐ. Explaining Graphs (Shuowen): Originally written as the character for open; means to teach. Jade Chapters (Yupian): To develop or open. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Canon of Yao: The opening of brightness. Commentary: Open means to reveal. Also, in the Great Learning (Dajia): To enlighten and guide the descendants. Also, in the Approaches to Words (Erya), Explanation of Words: To kneel. Commentary: To kneel with buttocks on heels. Book of Odes (Shijing), Minor Odes: No time to kneel and rest. Commentary: To kneel; to dwell. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): To separate. Also, to carve. Also, Book of Odes (Shijing), Minor Odes: With ten great war chariots, they go first to open the route. Commentary: Master Wang said: The front of the army is called the opening. The rear is called the rearguard. Those who go before the army are the chosen vanguard. Also, reports to the emperor. Book of Jin (Jinshu), Biography of Shan Tao: Tao served as Minister of Personnel. Whenever he made appointments or administered government, he would first submit a confidential report (qi), then make a public memorial. He never erred in talent selection. At the time, this was called Shan Gong’s reports. Also, Compendium of Characters (Zihui): A surname. Also, Approaches to Words (Erya), Explanation of Animals: A horse with a white right front hoof is called qi. Commentary: The Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan) mentions a horse named Qifu. Sub-commentary: In the twenty-ninth year of Duke Zhao, the Marquis of Wei presented his team of horses, called Qifu. Du Yu said: Qifu is the name of a horse. Also, Amplification of the Approaches to Words (Piya): When it rains but the day is clear, it is called clearing (qi). Also, a star name. Book of Odes (Shijing), Minor Odes: In the east, there is the Morning Star (Qiming). Also, interchangeable with the character for open. Refer to the note on the preceding character. Textual research: In the Approaches to Words, Explanation of Animals, Commentary, the Zuo Commentary states Qifu. Sub-commentary: Twenty-eighth year of Duke Zhao. Note: Corrected to twenty-ninth year according to the original text.