Ci reads cí.

Ci, a second-level Chinese character, pronounced as cí, originally means to cover a roof with reeds and thatch.

The word combinations of the word Ci: Thatch Ci, Caici, Juci, Ciyan, Cithorn, Zhuci, Ruci, Wall Ci, Fuci, Cihuo, Cimen, Cicao, Ci Yu, Ciyan, Ci Mao, Mao Ci, Miao Ci, Peng Ci, Jici and so on.

Cí

(1) A roof covered with reeds and thatch.

Yao, the king of the world, did not cut the grass or cut the rafters. ——"Han Feizi·Five Beetles".

(2) Another example: Ciyu (thatched house); Cizhu (house built with thatch and bamboo); Ciyan (thatched cottage, private house).

(3) Tribulus: The wall has thorns and cannot be blocked. ——"Poetry·Wangfeng·Wall has thorns".

Those who are Chu Chu are so fragile that words can draw their thorns. ——"Poem Xiaoya Chuci".

(4) Another example: Cimen (thatch, a door made of reeds); Ciji (thatch and thorns. Metaphor of wilderness).

Cí

To cover a house with thatch or reed: Mao Ci (covering the roof with thatch). Ciyu (hut). Eaves. Cimen. Tribulus terrestris: Tribulus terrestris ("Huo", wild vegetable; refers to the use of Tribulus terrestris to satisfy hunger, and by extension is a coarse food). The earth is filled up: it is determined and high. (Phonetic sound. From 艸, infrasound. Original meaning: to build a roof with reeds and thatch) Same as the original meaning: Ci, to build a house with reeds - "Shuowen".

Kangxi Dictionary

In the collection, the word "艸" is Buci, and the Kangxi strokes are 12. External strokes: 6.

"Tang Yun" Ji Ziqie "Ji Yun" "Yun Hui" "Zheng Yun" Cai Ziqie,? Yin Xie. "Shuowen" builds a house with thatch. "Release Name" Ci, times also, times grass for it. "Book·Zicai" is the only one with Tu Yanci. "Zhou Li·Xia Guan·Yu Shi" the wall is cut and closed. "Zhuangzi·Rang Wang Pian" The original Xianju Lu, the room surrounded by obstacles, was covered with grass.

Also, "Poetry·Qianfeng" has walls. "Note" Tribulus also. "Erya·Shicao" Ci, Tribulus terrestris. 【Note】It grows on the ground and has thin leaves with triangular seeds, which are stinging.

Also in "Youyang Zazu" Shazhou, horses are fed with cizi and twigs.

Also "Bo Ya" means accumulation, gathering. "Poetry·Xiaoya" The great-grandson's crops are like thorns and beams.

Another mountain name. "Zhuangzi·Xu Wugui" The Yellow Emperor will meet Da Wei on the mountain of Juci.

Another surname. "Biography of Wei Sa in the Later Han Dynasty" Nanyang Cichong Dai Sa became the prefect of Guiyang.