You Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Pig (shǐ) Kangxi Strokes: 14 Page 1196, Entry 29 Pronounced xi (rising tone). Jade Chapters (Yupian): A pig. Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi): The market inspector steps on a pig. Commentary: Xi means a large pig. Guangyun (Guangyun): People of the Chu state call a pig this. Yang Xiong's Great Mystery (Taixuanjing): The pig is fierce with its tusks. Commentary: Xi, what people call a pig. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): A pig running in a rushing manner. Zheng Yun (Zhengyun): The sound of a pig running. Book of Han (Hanshu): Wang Mang heavily recruited prisoners and slaves from across the empire, naming them pig-rushing and boar-brave soldiers. Yan Shigu (Yan Shigu) says: In the east, a pig is called xi. Another theory is that xi refers to a pig running. Also, Fengxi is a mythical beast. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): In ancient times, there were the afflictions of the mythical pig and the long snake. Chu Elegies (Chuci): Shooting the mythical pig. Commentary: A mythical beast. Also, Fengxi is the name of a star. Detailed in the previous note on the pig radical. Also, Xi is a personal name. See Historical Records (Shiji), Biographies. Pronounced xi. A pig. Yang Xiong's Dialects (Fangyan): In southern Chu, it is called xi. Also a name of a medicinal herb. Han Yu's Admonition to Study (Jinxuejie): Criticizing the physician for using sweet flag to prolong life, wishing to promote his pig-weed. Cross-reference the previous note on the pig radical. Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu): Sigesina (xīxiān), also called pig-fat mother. Li Shizhen says: The people of Chu call a pig xi, and they call the pungent and toxic odor of herbs xian. This herb has an odor like a pig and a pungent, stinging taste, hence the name. Guangyun (Guangyun): Also written in a variant form (xī).