You Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Shell (bèi). Kangxi strokes: 12. Page 1206, Entry 02. Pronounced shi. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means to borrow or lend. According to the Expanded Notes on Terms (Guangya), it means to buy on credit. As stated in the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Gaozu: He often borrowed wine on credit from the Dame Wang and Wu Fu. In the History of the Former Han (Hanshu), Treatise on Food and Money: Merchants and those in minor trades engaged in lending and borrowing on credit. Also in the History of the Former Han (Hanshu), Biography of the Three Kings of Emperor Wen: He was granted a pardon. The commentator Yan Shigu notes: This means to show leniency toward his crime. Pronounced she. Pronounced she. The meaning is the same. Pronounced shi. The name of a marquisate during the Han Dynasty. In the Supplement to Rhymes, it is rhymed with the sound ge. As in the poem by Bai Juyi, Imitating Tao Yuanming: The home-brewed wine is already finished, there is no wine to buy on credit in the village. Sitting in sorrow, awake tonight, how to bear the autumn feelings? Addendum: The Supplement to the Dictionary of Characters (Zihuibu) says it is the same as this character. See the Holding the Horns of a Rhinoceros (Peixi). This character is written with the character shi on top.