Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Black (hēi) Page 1519, Entry 07 According to the Extensive Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings (Guangyun) and the Collection of Sounds and Meanings (Jiyun), it is pronounced xi (departing tone), with a sound identical to the word for sighing in the departing tone. According to the Extensive Dictionary of Sounds and Meanings (Guangyun), it means black. Furthermore, according to the Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui), it refers to the appearance of all things at their initial birth. As recorded in the Rhapsody on the Capital of Wu (Wudu Fu) by Zuo Si, all things grow with wriggling movement, a vast and blurry scene of new life.