Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Kangxi strokes: 10 Page 192, Entry 10 Pronounced xi (rising tone). Explaining Characters (Shuowen): Originally written as xi, meaning to laugh. Composed of the mouth radical and the abbreviated phonetic element xi. Also, according to the Jade Chapters (Yupian) and Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced xi (rising tone). Same meaning. According to the Dialect (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong: Xi means pain. Generally, to grieve without weeping is called xi; in the regional dialect of Chu, grieving is called xi. Commentary on Classics (Shiwen): Pronounced xi (rising tone). Also, according to the Dialect (Fangyan) by Yang Xiong: Xi denotes a sound. Commentary on Classics (Shiwen): Pronounced xi (rising tone). Also, according to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xi. Same as the variant form xi (xī). To sob. As seen in the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Table of the Twelve Feudal Lords: King Zhou made ivory chopsticks and Jizi sighed (xi). Commentary: The Seeker of Hidden Meanings (Suoyin) says: Xi is a sound of sighing. Pronounced xi. Also pronounced xi (the sound of xi also acts as a phonetic). Also, in the Biography of Bian Que (Pianque zhuan): Sobbing and sighing, clutching one's chest. Also, according to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): One says sob or sigh, the appearance of fear. Also, according to the Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced xi (falling tone). Same meaning. Found in the Commentary of the Seeker of Hidden Meanings (Suoyin) to the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Table of the Twelve Feudal Lords. Also, according to the Wide Rhymes (Guangyun): To weep. Also, according to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xi (falling tone). According to the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced xi (falling tone). According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Same as die, to laugh. Also, according to the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): To weep. Also, according to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xi (falling tone). A sound of pain. Also, pronounced xi (falling tone). Same as the variant form hui. The sound of breathing while lying down. The character xi is composed of the mouth radical and a phonetic element.