Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) 縊 Kangxi Stroke Count: 16 Page 933, Entry 01 Guangyun (Guangyun) and Zhengyun (Zhengyun) translate this as yu-ji, pronounced yi (falling tone). Jiyun (Jiyun) and Yunhui (Yunhui) translate this as yi-ji, pronounced yi (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen) defines it as to hang by a rope. Boya (Boya) defines it as to strangle. Shiming (Shiming) states that a suspended rope is called yi. Yi means to restrict, to restrict the neck. Zuo Zhuan (Zuo Zhuan), 13th year of Duke Huan: The Moao strangled himself in Huanggu. Commentary: Yi means to hang oneself. Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Officers, Record of Tradesmen, Wheelwrights: If one does not crouch the shaft, one will inevitably strangle the ox. Also, Guangyun (Guangyun), Jiyun (Jiyun), and Yunhui (Yunhui) translate this as yu-ci, pronounced yi (falling tone). The meaning is the same.