Chou Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Mouth (kǒu) Kangxi stroke count: 15 Page 207, Entry 30 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced xi. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhymes Compilation (Yunhui): Pronounced xi. Comprehensive Collection (Yupian): Xi-xi, the sound of harmony and joy. Book of Changes (Yijing), Family (Jiaren): The women and children are laughing and playing, but in the end, there is cause for regret. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Zhou (Zhousong): Yi-xi, King Cheng. Commentary (Zhuan): Yi is a sound of sighing. Xi is a sound of harmony. Note (Jian): Yi-xi is a sound of great praise. Sub-commentary (Shu): This refers to the author praising greatness and expressing it through a sighing sound. Yang Xiong, Rhapsody on Hedong (Hedong Fu): Xi-xi, xu-xu. Note: Shigu says this is the appearance of being self-satisfied. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): A warning. Book of Odes (Shijing) Sub-commentary: When King Tang of Shang saw the nets set on four sides, he said: Xi, you have exhausted them. Yi and xi are both sounds of sighing, used to sigh and issue a warning. Also, Book of Rites (Liji), Tan Gong: The Master said: Xi, that is too much. Note: Xi is a sound of sorrow and resentment. Explanation of Texts (Shiwen): Xi, pronounced xi. Gongyang Commentary (Gongyang Zhuan), First Year of Duke Xi: Qing Fu heard it and said: Xi. Note: Xi is the sound of an exclamation of pain. Also, Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), Eighth Year of Duke Ding: His followers said: Xi, harness the horses quickly. Note: Xi is a sound of fear. Also, Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Lin Xiangru: The King of Qin and his ministers looked at each other and said: Xi. Note: Xi is an expression of shock and anger. Also, Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Marquis Weiqi and Wu'an: Being angry, he then laughed and said: General, you are a noble person. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced yi. The same as yi. Book of Rites (Liji), Tan Gong, Explanation of Texts (Shiwen): Xi, also pronounced yi. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xi. To laugh. Sometimes written in a variant form. Textual research: Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Lin Xiangru: The King of Qin and his ministers looked at each other and said: Xi. Note: The original text had a character for joy, which has been corrected to the character for xi.