Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower. Radical: Knife (dāo). Yì. Kangxi Dictionary stroke count: 16 strokes. Page 145, entry 13. Tang Rhymes (Tangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) indicate the fanqie pronunciation as yú and qì. Rhyme Assembly (Yunhui) indicates the fanqie pronunciation as yí and qì. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) indicates the fanqie pronunciation as yǐ and zhì. It is pronounced the same as yì. The criminal punishment of cutting off the nose — Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi). That person was tattooed on the forehead and had their nose cut off — Book of Changes (Yijing), Kui Hexagram. Additionally, to cut or excise — Jade Chapters (Yupian). I shall then utterly excise and exterminate them, leaving no offspring — Book of Documents (Shangshu), Pan Geng. Furthermore, Collected Rhymes and Rhyme Assembly indicate the fanqie pronunciation as niú and lì. Correct Rhymes indicates the fanqie pronunciation as ní and zhì. It is pronounced the same as yì. The meaning is the same.