You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Shell (bèi) 貰 Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 1206, Entry 10 Guangyun: Pronounced shi (falling tone). Jiyun, Yunhui, and Zhengyun: Pronounced shi (falling tone). Shuowen: To lend or borrow. Guangya: To purchase on credit. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Gaozu: Often borrowed wine on credit from the Dame Wang and the woman Wu Fu. Book of Han (Hanshu), Treatise on Food and Money: All the merchants engaged in petty trades borrowed on credit. Also, Book of Han (Hanshu), Biographies of the Three Sons of Emperor Wen: Received the grace of being pardoned. Note: Shigu says that shi refers to leniency regarding their crimes. Also, Tangyun and Jiyun: Pronounced she (falling tone). Also, Jiyun: Pronounced she (falling tone). The meaning is the same. Also, Jiyun: Pronounced shi (falling tone). Name of a marquisate state during the Han dynasty. Also, Yunbu: Rhymes with shi (flat tone). Bai Juyi, Imitating Tao Yuanming's Poetry: The homemade wine is all finished, there is none left in the village to buy on credit. Sitting, I worry about being sober tonight, what shall I do with these autumn sorrows. Addendum: Zihuibu: Same as shi. See the Peixi. The character shi is written with the component shi on top.