Shen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Insect (chóng) Xi Kangxi Strokes: 24 Page 1103, Entry 30 Tang Dynasty Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced xi (level tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced xi (level tone) Pronounced xi Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): A large tortoise. It makes sound with its stomach. Comprehensive Collection of Characters (Yupian): The hawksbill turtle, resembling a tortoise shell with patterns. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu), Treatise on Rites and Music (Liyue Zhi): Holding the tortoise and harmonizing with the script. Biography of Yang Xiong (Yangxiong Zhuan): Picking up the spiritual tortoise. For further details, see the entry for the hawksbill turtle. Also in Explaining Terms (Boya): The blister beetle is also known as the green xi. Also in Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui): The name of a lunar mansion. Also pronounced yun (level tone). The meaning is the same. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Also written in a variant form.