Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) Character: zi Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 647, Entry 01 Archaic form: si Pronounced zi According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi): to soak. Also to soak or permeate. According to the Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biographies of Money-makers (Huozhuan): to gradually be influenced by bad teachings. Also, to dye. According to the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Winter Offices, Artificer's Record (Kaogongji): the Zhong family dyes feathers by soaking them in concentrated colors. Also refers to the death of beasts. According to the Book of Rites (Liji), Summary of the Rites (Quli): when a four-legged animal dies, it is called zi. The commentary states: zi refers to dying through mutual contamination of filth. Textual Research: In the Book of Rites, Summary of the Rites, it is written that four-legged animals are called zi. The commentary states: zi means to die through mutual contamination of filth. I have carefully corrected the word sweat to filth in accordance with the original text.