Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Meat (ròu) Yi Kangxi stroke count: 7 Page 973, Entry 04 Pronounced yi (falling tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Simple and Analyzing Compound Characters): The breastbone. Guangya (Broad Refinement): Yi means chest. Also, Guangyun (Broad Rhymes): The sensation of being full of qi (vital energy). Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes): Written as ge. Leipian (Categorized Compilation): Sometimes written as yi (falling tone).