Wei Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Meat (ròu)
臆
Kangxi strokes: 19
Page 996, Entry 14
Guangyun (broad rimes): Pronounced yi (falling tone). Jiyun (collected rimes) and Yunhui (dictionary of rhymes): Pronounced yi (falling tone). Zhengyun (correct rimes): Pronounced yi (falling tone).
Shuowen Jiezi (explanation of writing and analysis of characters): The flesh of the chest.
Guangyun: Chest or breast.
Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Then he sighed, beat his chest, and breathed out.
Also, to be full.
Yangzi's Dialects (Fangyan): Yi means full.
Commentary: To be full, as when breath is obstructed and filling the chest.
Also, to repress.
Explanation of Names (Shiming): Yi signifies to repress, as in repressed breath that causes blockage.
Also, Jiyun: Pronounced yi (level tone). Refers to mixing sweet wine with liquid to create a beverage.
Also, Yunhui: Interchanged with the character for intention (yi).
Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji): Requested to answer according to one's own intuition.
Book of Han (Hanshu): Written as intention (yi).