Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Meat (ròu) Lip. 13 Kangxi strokes. Page 983, Entry 23 Pronounced chun. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): The edge of the mouth. Yupian (Jade Chapters): The lips of the mouth. Shiming (Explanation of Names): Lip, meaning edge; the edge of the mouth. Spring and Autumn: Explanations of Heaven's Mandate (Chunqiu Yuanmingbao): The lips are the wall of the teeth. Guliang Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals (Guliang Zhuan), Duke Xi 3rd Year: The proverb says, if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold. Also, ox lip, name of a plant. Erya (Approaching Elegance), Explaining Plants: Zhen is ox lip. Commentary: It is water mint. Also, pronounced min. Appearance of closing without ripples. Jiyun (Collection of Rhymes): Sometimes written in a variant form (wen). Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes): Also written in a variant form (shen). The original character for wen was written with the pig radical, not with the component for wu.