Yin Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Roof (bù) Character: shi Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 289, Entry 16 According to Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun) and Treasury of Rhymes (Yunhui), the pronunciation is shi. According to Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it means to stop. Xu remarks that this means it is thus, it stops thus. It also means to be. In Book of Odes (Shijing), Great Odes (Daya), it says, It is the wall, it is the moat. The commentary notes that the character here is synonymous with reality, meaning it is. According to Expanded Rhymes (Zengyun) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), it is interchangeable with reality. The Treasury of Rhymes (Yunhui) considers this usage to be an error.