Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nü) Character: Yi Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 269, Entry 29 Pronounced yi. According to the Book of Sounds (Guangyun) and the Collection of Sounds (Jiyun), the pronunciation is yi. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it refers to a neonate. According to the Explaining Names (Shiming), when a person is first born it is called yi ni. Yi is this; it says this is a person. Ni is the sound of its crying. One source says it refers to a woman with an ugly appearance. Also, according to the Collection of Sounds (Jiyun), pronounced yi. The meaning is the same. Also pronounced yi. Same as the variant form yi. Meaning to follow or obey.