Hai Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Fish (yú) Character: Jie Kangxi stroke count: 17 Page 1468, Entry 24 Pronounced ji (rising tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): A clam. Han Dynasty laws state that Kuaiji Commandery presented clam paste. Leipian (Classified Dictionary): Jie is a large clam. Pronounced jie (high level tone). Book of Han (Hanshu), Treatise on Geography: In Yin County of Kuaiji Commandery, there is the Jieshi Pavilion. Commentary by Yan Shigu: Jie is pronounced jie, a type of clam. It is one inch long and two-tenths of an inch wide, with a small crab inside its belly. Pronounced ji (rising tone). Meaning is the same. Pronounced jie (high level tone). Yupian (Jade Chapters): A fish. Leipian (Classified Dictionary): Same as jie.