Zi Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Person (rén). Kangxi Strokes: 9. Page 105, Number 13. According to the Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), the pronunciation is derived from the sounds xiāng and yī, sounding like xī. The Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen Jiezi) defines it as the appearance of confronting one another during a lawsuit. The Long Annotations (Changjian) states that it should refer to honest speech, describing a person who considers themselves upright. It is also used in the compound yīxī, meaning as if or vaguely. It is also used in the compound àixī, meaning an indistinct or unclear appearance. Li Deng's Classification of Sounds (Shenglei) notes that àixī is also written in a variant form using characters for clouds and mist, as the term means unclear, just like clouds and mist. The Collected Rhymes and Rhyme Collection also record an alternative pronunciation derived from the sounds xǔ and qǐ, sounding like xǐ. The meaning is the same. The character was originally written in a variant form pronounced xǐ.