Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Character: ci Kangxi stroke count: 13 Page 1299, Entry 30 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced si. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced si, sound resembles si. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): A type of small spear. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): A type of spear-like weapon. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced yi, sound resembles yi. Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen): The point of a plow. Originally written as tai. Sometimes also written in a variant form (xi). Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced ci, sound resembles ci. Extensive Admonitions (Boya): A handle. Five Tones Collected Rhymes (Wuyin Jiyun): The handle of a sickle. Book of Master Guan (Guanzi), chapter on Light and Heavy (Qingzhong): Tools for plowing and weeding, and sickle handles. These are the implements for managing the affairs of spring and summer. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Originally written as ci. Sometimes also written in a variant form (tai).