You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) 諮 Kangxi Dictionary Stroke Count: 16 Page 1171, Entry 04 Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Pronounced zi. Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced zi. Identical to the character pronounced zi. It means to consult or to ask. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes (Xiaoya): Consulting and deliberating everywhere. Explication of Texts (Shiwen): The character zi was originally also written as this character. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), Year 6 of Duke Huan: In the summer, they met at Chengji to come and consult on how to deal with the difficulties regarding the state of Qi. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Biography of Zhao Dian: Whenever the imperial court encountered disasters, strange phenomena, or disputed matters, they would always consult him. Textual Research: In the Biography of Zhao Dian within the Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), it states: Whenever the imperial court encountered disasters, strange phenomena, or disputed matters, they would always consult him. According to the original text, the phrasing has been corrected from the erroneous gate to consult.