Wu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: White (bái) 皙 Kangxi strokes: 13 Page 788, Entry 25 Pronounced xi. As defined in the Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): the skin color of a person is white. As stated in the Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan): There is a gentleman with white skin. As stated in the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli): In the case of mounded and productive land, its people are white-skinned and lean. Also, a type of jujube. As stated in the Er Ya: The xi is a jujube without fruit. Also, per the Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui): The courtesy name of Zeng Dian. The character xi is originally derived from white. In the Analects (Lunyu), Mencius (Mengzi), and the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), specifically in the House of Confucius, it is written with the radical for sun. Also, pronounced xi. Meaning white. The Supervisory Academy edition writes it as zhe. Also, rhyming with zhengli (falling tone), pronounced zhi. As stated in the Book of Odes (Shijing): Her ivory hairpin, her forehead and her skin is white. Note: The character xi is originally composed of the elements for split and white. It is distinct in meaning from the characters xi and zhe found under the sun radical.