Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Cave (xué) Character: 穸 Kangxi stroke count: 8 Page 862, Entry 28 Guangyun (Expanded Rhymes), Jiyun (Combined Rhymes), Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes), Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes): Pronounced xi. The dark chamber of a grave. Shuowen (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): Refers to the burial process (zhunxi). Zuo Zhuan (Commentary of Zuo): In the thirteenth year of Duke Xiang, the Viscount of Chu told his ministers: This is about the burial affairs of the Spring and Autumn period. Commentary: Zhun means thick; xi means night. It refers to the deep darkness within the grave, like a long night. Another definition states that a long burial is called zhun, and a long night is called xi. Also, Zihui Bu (Supplement to the Collection of Characters) uses it as a loan character for the word meaning to investigate (jiu). Han Dynasty, Fan Min: Perusing the path of study, there is no text unseen. Also rhyming with the pronunciation yue: Zuo Gui, Yang Hou Lei (Dirge for Empress Yang): Wings joined in the white house, flying together in the purple pavilion. Mourning the empress, grieving for the empress, early to face the burial.