Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Character: Chong Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 930, Entry 13 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced zhong Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhong Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen): To increase or add to. Jade Chapters (Yupian): To layer or double. Also written in a variant form (chong). Now written as zhong. Also in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): One meaning is thick. Also written in a variant form. Also in Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced zhong (falling tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhong (falling tone) Refers to silk threads.