You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Xi Kangxi Strokes: 17 Page 1175, Entry 04 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced xi (rising tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced xi (rising tone). Same pronunciation as the character for xi (rising tone). Explanation of Graphs (Shuowen): The meaning is humiliation. Jade Compendium (Yupian): Xigou, referring to humiliation. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): A petty person showing anger. Xunzi (Xunzi), Non-twelve Masters chapter: Having no sense of shame and enduring humiliation, refers to verbal abuse. Also used as a personal name. History of Song (Songshi), Table of the Imperial Clan: There was a military officer titled Wuyilang named Buxi. Also: Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Orthodox Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced xi. Same pronunciation as the character for xi. Classified Chapters (Leipian): Xike, meaning looking not straight or upright. Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi), All Under Heaven chapter: Xike and without official capacity, used to ridicule those who praise worthiness in the world. Also: Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced xia (falling tone). Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Pronounced xia (falling tone). Same pronunciation as the character for xia (falling tone). Angry speech. Also: Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xie (falling tone). Same pronunciation as the character for xie (falling tone). Angry sounds. Sometimes written in a variant form. Explanation of Graphs (Shuowen): Sometimes written in a variant form. Classified Chapters (Leipian): Written in a variant form. Collection of Characters Supplement (Zihuibu): Erroneously written as another form, which is incorrect. Textual research: Xunzi, Non-twelve Masters chapter: Having no sense of shame and enduring humiliation, refers to verbal abuse. Per the original text, the character for endure has been corrected from the original.