You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Wine (xī) Kangxi strokes: 19 Page 1287, Entry 37 Pronounced xī. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Sour. Yupian: A sour flavor. Guangyun: A vinegary flavor. Book of Rites (Liji), Qu Li: Vinegar and soy sauce are kept inside. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biographies of Money-makers: One thousand jars of vinegar and soy sauce. Also, Shiming: Meat paste with much liquid is called xi. Xi means liquid (shen). In the Song and Lu regions, all people call liquid shen. Also, Yang Xiong, Dialect (Fangyan): Xi-xi means precarious. In eastern Qi, when things are unstable and precarious, it is called xi-xi. Also, the name of an insect. Liezi, Heavenly Questions: Vinegar flies (xi-ji) are born from wine. Zihui Bu: Miemeng, an insect. Another name for the vinegar fly.