Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Turban (jīn) Kangxi Strokes: 7 Page 329, Entry 18 Archaic form. According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), it is pronounced xi. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and the Rhyme Anthology (Yunhui), it is pronounced xi. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it means sparse. In the Approach to Etymology (Erya), it is defined as rare. The sub-commentary states: this is a term for a small amount. In the Book of Documents (Shujing), in the Canon of Yao, it states: birds and beasts are rare in their molting. The commentary states: in the summer, the feathers and fur of birds and beasts rarely change. In the Analects (Lunyu), it states: it is rare to not fail. Also, according to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), it means to hope or wish. In the History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), in the Biography of Partisan Prohibitions, it states: those in the world who hoped for the age, thereupon together promoted one another. The commentary notes: xi means to hope. Also, according to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), it means to cease, to disperse, and to bestow. Also, according to Master Yang’s Regional Dialects (Fangyan), xi means to polish or grind. In the regions of Yan and Qi, grinding aluminum is called xi. Also, in the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), in the Records of the Three Sovereigns, it states: Nüwa possessed holy virtue and replaced Fuxi; she was titled Nüxi. Also a surname. In the Records of the Three Prefectures (Sanfu Jielu), there is a person named Xi Hai, with the courtesy name Zijiang. Also, according to the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), it is the same as the character for embroidery (zhi). In the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), in the Ministry of Spring, in the Office of Ceremonial Attire, it states: when offering sacrifices to the gods of the soil and grain and the five sacrifices, then wear the embroidered sacrificial cap. The sub-commentary states: Zheng Xuan reads xi as zhi.