Yin Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Self (jǐ) Kangxi Strokes: 3 Page 326, Entry 11 Guangyun (Comprehensive Rhymes): Pronounced yǐ Jiyun (Collective Rhymes), Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes), Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes): Pronounced yǐ Yupian (Jade Chapters): To stop, to finish, to conclude. Guangyun: To complete. Jiyun: A term for finishing a task. Book of Changes (Yijing), Hexagram of Decrease (Sun): Finish the matter and proceed quickly. Also, Yupian: To retreat. Guangyun: To leave, to abandon. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Canon of Yao: Test his abilities and then stop. Analects (Lunyu): He stopped three times. Also, excessively. Guangyun: Already, very much. Mencius (Mengzi): Confucius did not do what was excessive. Commentary: Not wishing to be excessive, meaning going too far. Also, Guangyun: A particle indicating an event has passed. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Guan Fu: Having already made a promise. Commentary: Suoyin states: It means having already given a promise, one must ensure it aligns with previous words. Also, Leipian (Categorized Chapters): A final particle. Zengyun (Expanded Rhymes): A sentence-ending particle. Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Mei Fu: There is no way to remedy this. Also, after a period of time, it is referred to as "yier". Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Emperor Gaozu: After a while, she became pregnant. Also, interchangeable with "yǐ" (by means of). Xunzi, Against Physiognomy: What is it that makes a human, human? It is that they possess distinctions. Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Zhang Liang: The matters of the Yin dynasty were already completed. Also, Guangyun, Jiyun: Pronounced yì. Meaning is the same.