Yin Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Corpse (shī) Kangxi Strokes: 10 Page 302, Entry 12 Guangyun: Pronounced xi. Jiyun, Yunhui, and Zhengyun: Pronounced xi. Shuowen Jiezi says: Xi means slow. Composed of Corpse and Bitter. Xu says: Not advancing. Sometimes written in a variant form (chi). Yang Xiong in Ganquan Fu (Rhapsody on the Sweet Springs): Spirits are slow (chi). The note says: Pronounced qi. Meaning slow, enduring, and peaceful. Also used interchangeably with the character for rhinoceros (xi), meaning firm. In the Biography of Feng Fengshi in the Book of Han (Hanshu), it is written as not being sharp (xi). In the Biography of Chao Cuo, it is written as rhinoceros (xi). The meaning is the same.