Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Metal (jīn) Zi Kangxi strokes: 16 Page 1310, Entry 01 Tang Rhyme dictionary (Tangyun): Pronounced zi Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): Pronounced zi According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), originally written as the variant form (zi). It refers to a weight of six zhu. Commentary on the Enrichment of the State chapter of the Xunzi (Xunzi): Eight liang is called a zi. Orthography Compendium (Zhengzitong): The ancients used the expression comparing zi and zhu to refer to something insignificant. The commentary on the Xunzi incorrectly states that eight liang is called a zi. The Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) references the Xunzi commentary for the definition of zi. The commentary on the character zhu in the Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui) states that eight zhu make a zi. This is incorrect. The definition in the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen) is the correct one. Also appears in Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi), Xu Wugui chapter: Without followers, he assisted at the Zi Altar Palace. Commentary: Zi Altar, name of an altar.