Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower Radical: Spoon (bǐ) shi Kangxi Stroke Count: 11 Page Number: Page 153, Number 05 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced as the initial sound of shi and the final sound of zhi. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Pronounced as the initial sound of chang and the final sound of zhi. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced as the initial sound of chen and the final sound of zhi. All in the level tone. Explaining Graphs (Shuowen): A spoon. Derived from the radical Spoon (bi), with shi as the phonetic element. Record of Tea (Chalu) by Cai Xiang: A tea spoon must be strong enough for whisking and striking. Also used in the term for key, yaoshi. Scripture of the Yellow Court (Huangting Jing): The jade spoon and golden key are always complete and strong. Also used interchangeably with the character pronounced di. Book of the Later Han (Houhan Shu), Biography of Wei Xiao: To serve with plates and utensils, cutting the sacrificial animal for the oath. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes also written in variant forms pronounced shi.