You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Walk (chuò) Character: chi Kangxi Stroke Count: 18 Page 1264, Entry 17 Archaic form: li Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced chi Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Pronounced ni Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zhi Phonetic value: chi Shuowen Jiezi: To walk slowly. Guangyun: Long duration; slow. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of Wei: The walk on the road is slow and lingering. Book of Rites (Liji), Jade Pattern: The demeanor of a gentleman is relaxed and slow. Also, in the Kongzi Xianju: Rituals without fixed form, the dignified demeanor is slow and measured. Commentary: Slow and unhurried. Also, wei-chi, the appearance of winding and distant. Book of Odes (Shijing), Minor Odes of the Kingdom: The road to Zhou is winding and distant. Also, Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Qi-chi, to rest. Book of Odes (Shijing), Odes of the States: One may rest and dwell. Also, a surname. Book of Documents (Shujing), Announcement of Pan Geng: Chi Ren spoke these words. Commentary: An ancient worthy. Also, Yuchi, a double surname. Guangyun, Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Pronounced zhi Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhi Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced zhi Phonetic value: zhi Guangyun: To wait for. Book of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu), Annals of Emperor Zhang: I think of waiting for upright scholars, and lean to the side of my mat to hear about rare matters. Also, Biography of Zhao Yi: Truly hoping to clarify the long-held expectation. Commentary: To hold in one's heart and wait with longing. Also, chi-ming, meaning dawn. Book of the Former Han (Hanshu), Annals of Emperor Gao: At the approach of dawn, they surrounded Wancheng three times. Commentary: Chi means not yet. It refers to the moment before the sky is bright. Biography of Wei Qing: At the approach of dawn, they traveled over two hundred li. Commentary: Chi means to wait. Waiting for the sky to brighten. Also, Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Desiring speed but considering the other party to be slow is called chi; causing the other party to walk slowly while waiting is also called chi. Xunzi, Cultivating the Self: Wait for them to stop and wait for me. Also, meaning then or and then. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Lord Chunshen: Then ordered Han and Wei to return the imperial weight to Qi. Commentary: Chi is like zhi, and zhi is like then. Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): The characters chi and chi are identical.