Yin Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Corpse (shī) Kangxi Strokes: 9 Page 301, Entry 25 Pronounced shi (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Graphs and Analysis of Characters) states: excrement. Originally written as a character composed of grass and the phonetic component wei (shortened), now written as shi. Zhuangzi (Wandering Everywhere): The Way is in excrement and urine. Also, in the Book of Han (Hanshu), Treatise on Astronomy: there is the Heavenly Excrement star. Also commonly written as shi. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Lian Po: Shortly after, he relieved himself three times. Pronounced xi. Shuowen Jiezi states: moaning. Book of Odes (Shijing), Greater Odes: The people are just groaning. Commentary: Groaning or moaning. Zhengzitong (True Character Guide): The definition of groaning for this character is an error. See the entry for the character nian in the Mouth radical section.