Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Neat (qí) Kangxi Strokes: 17 Page 477, Entry 01 Pronounced zhai (level tone). Correctness, solemnity, respect. According to Broad Rimes (Guangyun), the term means respect. Book of Rites (Liji), Record of Sacrifices (Jitong): The word zhai signifies to make uniform or orderly. Book of Changes (Yijing), Appended Statements (Xici): The sages use this for purification and fasting. Commentary: To cleanse the heart is called zhai. Also, in the History of the Later Han (Houhanshu), Treatise on Carriages and Attire, there is a crown for purification known as the long crown. Also, a room for leisure or study is called a zhai. Pronounced zi. Mencius: Clothes for mourning and fasting. Zhao Qi Commentary: This refers to mourning garments. Pronounced zi. Also, in the Book of Changes (Yijing), Hexagram of Treading (Lü): To obtain one's provision and axe. Zixia Commentary: Written as qi axe. Yu Xi in the Record of Forests (Zhilin) says: It should be written as zhai. This refers to the act of purification before entering the temple to receive the axe. Also rhymes with zhen, pronounced zhi. History of the Later Han (Houhanshu), Biography of Zhou Ze: Living in the world is not harmonious; being the wife of the Grand Ceremonialist, of the three hundred and sixty days in a year, she is in purification for three hundred and fifty-nine days. Note: According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), the character is composed of the radical for spirit and the character for neat. The spirit radical signifies brightness and reverence. The character for neat signifies the purity and order of all things. The Hongwu Orthodox Rimes (Hongwu Zhengyun) states: In ancient times, the single character for neat was used; later people added the heart radical beneath it to distinguish it.