Wu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Grain (hé) Zhi Kangxi strokes: 11 Page 852, Entry 28 According to the Extensive Dictionary of Rhymes (Guangyun) and the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced zhi. It refers to the sound of harvesting grain. It is also written in a variant form (zhi). As stated in the Book of Odes (Shijing), Zhou Hymns: The harvesting of crops produces a zhi zhi sound.