You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Walk (chuò) Character: Shi Kangxi Stroke Count: 14 Page 1258, Entry 08 According to Tang Rhyme (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), the pronunciation is shi (falling tone). According to Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means to go. According to Augmented Rhymes (Zengyun), it means to travel or to leave. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wei: I am going to leave you. Songs of the South (Chuci), Nine Songs: I shall mount my carriage and depart with you. Also, according to Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), it means to die. History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Biography of Sima Qian: Those who have departed long ago are the souls. Also used as a particle to begin a sentence. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Bei: It is not that we did not live in accordance with ancient ways. According to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), sometimes written as a variant form (di). Also, according to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced zhi (falling tone). The meaning is the same. Sometimes written as a variant form (ti). Also, in rhyme with lie (entering tone), pronounced zhe. Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes (Daya): Words should not be spoken. Rhymes with the character she (tongue). Also, in rhyme with lie (entering tone), pronounced she. Jiang Yan, Lament for a Friend (Shangyou Fu): The soul is faint as if it were severed, tears well up as if they were pure. Alas, the one who truly appreciated me does not remain, I sigh that my soulmate has already departed.