Mao Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Heart (xīn) Character: xi Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 402, Entry 25 According to the Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), pronounced xi (falling-rising tone). According to the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), pronounced xi (falling tone), same as the sound of xi (falling tone). According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means to be happy. Composed of heart and xi, with xi also providing the phonetic element. Xu Kai states that when happiness is in the heart, one displays it through actions; thus, it is a compound ideograph representing happiness shown through action. In the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Zhou, it is used in the phrase: There was no one who was not happy. It also means to like or favor. In Jia Yi’s Policy on Peace and Order (Zhi'an Ce): If they are treated with ritual, the officials will naturally favor it. The commentary notes that xi means to like. It is also abbreviated as xi. In the Records of the Grand Historian, Annals of Feng and Shan: The Emperor alone felt happy. In the Biography of Bian Que: He asked the middle attendant who liked medicine. Pronounced xi (falling-rising tone). According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is also written as xi. According to the Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun), pronounced xi (rising tone). According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), pronounced xi (falling-rising tone). According to the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), pronounced xi (rising tone), with the sound of xi. It means to be happy. It is also abbreviated as xi. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced xi (level tone). The Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen) notes it means to be suddenly happy. The original form was written as xi. Sometimes it is written with the xi radical, and sometimes with the heart radical as xi. It is also written as xi. In the History of the Later Han (Houhan Shu), Biography of Cai Yong: He tried to listen secretly and said xi. The commentary notes it is pronounced xi, an exclamation of emotion.