Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Character: Qi Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 928, Entry 10 Guangyun (Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings): Pronounced qi (rising tone). Jiyun (Collective Rhymes): Pronounced qi (rising tone), reads the same as the character meaning one-horned. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Writing and Analysis of Characters): Refers to patterned silk fabric. Shiming (Explication of Names): Qi means inclined. Its patterns are diagonally intertwined and do not align with the vertical or horizontal orientation of the warp and weft threads. Book of Han (Hanshu), Annals of Emperor Gao: Merchants may not wear brocade, patterned silks, fine gauze, or woolen clothing. Commentary: Shigu says: Qi is patterned silk fabric, which is what is now known as fine ling (a type of thin, patterned silk). Zheng Yun (Correct Rhymes): Pronounced qi (rising tone). The meaning is the same. Also used as a surname. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of the Marquis of Liu: There was a person named Qili Ji. Jiyun (Collective Rhymes): Pronounced yi (rising tone). Used as a personal name. In the Zhuangzi, there is a person named Shicheng Qi.