Wei Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Sheep (yáng). Character: Di. Kangxi stroke count: 11. Page 952, Entry 03. Pronounced di. According to the Explaining and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it refers to a male sheep. According to the Expanded Elegant (Guangya), a male sheep of three years is called di. According to the Quick Literacy Commentary (Jijiupian zhu), it is a male ewe. According to the Book of Changes (Yi), a male sheep butts a fence. According to the Explanation of Text (Shiwen), it is a black-bellied ram. According to the Book of Odes (Shijing), one takes a male sheep to perform the roadside sacrifice. According to the Commentary (Zhuan), a male sheep is a ram. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is sometimes written with the Radical: Cow (niú) as a variant form (dǐ).