Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Cow (niú) Kangxi Strokes: 14 Page 703, Entry 14 According to the Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun) and the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced xi. According to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it refers to a cow being ill. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), a cow that is hungry is called xi. Another theory suggests it refers to fodder for cows.