You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Carriage (chē) Yi Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 1242, Entry 19 Pronounced yi. As defined in the Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen): to move past each other in carriages. From the Verses of Chu (Chuci), Far-ranging Journey (Yuanyou): To race past the swift wind at the clear source. Commentary: To emerge from behind and pass in front. Also, to pass or to burst forth. From the Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Feng Yan: To surpass the peerless traces of Fan Li. Also, to invade or encroach upon. From the Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan), Ninth Year of Duke Yin: Fearing that they would encroach upon us. Also, Qu-yi, the name of a plant. As recorded in the Treatise on Diverse Matters (Bowuzhi): During the time of Emperor Yao, a plant grew in the courtyard that would bend and point toward any sycophantic person who arrived. Also interchangeable with the term for escape or ease (yi). From the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Bo Yi: Upon seeing the forgotten poems, one may find them remarkable. Also, scattered or lost. From the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of the Five Emperors: These scattered accounts are sometimes found in other discourses. Also interchangeable with the term for overflowing (yi). From the Book of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Treatise on Geography: It overflows into the Ying. In the Tribute of Yu (Yu Gong), it is written as overflow. Also, pronounced die. The meaning is the same. Also interchangeable with the term for alternating (die). From the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Treatise on the Feng and Shan Sacrifices: Alternately rising and falling. Also, pronounced che. Interchangeable with the term for carriage track (zhe). See the note under the entry for the character zhe later in this volume. Textual verification: In the Verses of Chu (Chuci), Nine Sighs (Jiutan): To race past the swift wind at the clear source. This has been corrected from the original text of Far-ranging Journey (Yuanyou).