You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: City (yì) Qie Stroke Count: 14 Page 1270, Entry 26 From Jiyun and Zhengyun: qì nì cut, pronounced qì. Same as 郤. A place name. Also a surname. From Jiyun: The Jin Dynasty official Xiànzǐ of Xi, whose fief was in Xi, took his surname from it. It is also written as 郤 and is distinct from the 卩 radical. Also the same as 郄. "Even if the Southern Mountains were sealed, there would still be a 郄." — Shiji, Biography of Zhang Shizhi Written as 郄 in Qian Hanshu. "Like a white colt passing through a 郄." — Zhuangzi, Wandering North of Heaven