Si Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Water (shuǐ) 涕 Kangxi strokes: 11 Page 627, Entry 04 Pronounced tǐ. Shuowen Jiezi: To shed tears. Yupian: Moisture discharged from the eyes is called ti. Book of Odes (Shijing), Beifeng: Shedding tears like rain. Also the name of a bamboo. Classic of Diversities (Shen Yijing) by Dongfang Shuo: In the southern wilderness, there is the ti bamboo. Also the name of a divination hexagram. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), House of Song: Then commanded divination, which was called ti. Suoyin: The pronunciation is also yi, written as yi in the Book of Documents (Shangshu). Kong Anguo states: Breath connected and continuous. Also pronounced dì. Also pronounced tì. The meaning is the same.