Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower. Radical: Cliff (chǎng). Character si. Kangxi Dictionary stroke count: 14 strokes. Page 163, row 1. Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) indicates the pronunciation as the combination of xī and yí. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) indicates the pronunciation as the combination of xiāng and zī. It is pronounced the same as sī. The meaning is the same as the character sī. Collected Rhymes (Yunhui) records that the character sī is often written as si in literature. The Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Su Qin mentions one hundred thousand low-ranking servants. The Book of Han (Hanshu), Biographies of Zhang Er and Chen Yu mentions servants and grooms. The commentary explains: si refers to a person who gathers firewood. Also, the Biography of Yang Xiong (Yang Xiong Zhuan) records: trampling corpses and breaking carriages. The commentary explains: si here means to split open or break, pronounced as sī. Also, the Traditions of the Western Regions (Xiyu Zhuan) records: the officials who were separated and left behind were very numerous. The commentary explains: siliu refers to the separation of the front and rear of a troop, making it impossible for them to support each other.