Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower Radical: Knife (dāo) Zi Kangxi stroke count: 10 Page 141, number 10 Tang Dynasty Rhymes (Tangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), and Collected Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): The pronunciation is formed by the characters ze and li, sounding like zi. It means to insert a knife. Master Guan (Guanzi), section on Light and Heavy (Qingzhong): In spring, it is used to pierce the ground for cultivation; in summer, it is used to pierce the ground for weeding. Also, according to Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): It means to place. People of the east refer to inserting something into the ground as zi. It is also interchangeably written in a variant form pronounced zi. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biographies of Zhang Er and Chen Yu (Zhang Er Chen Yu liezhuan): No one would dare to plunge a blade into your belly. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes also written in variant forms.