Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Character: Chu Kangxi Stroke Count: 11 Page 920, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced zhu. Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen): To sew. Jade Chapters (Yupian): To stitch. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of the Zhao House: A hat pushed back and stitches appearing. Commentary: Xu Guang states that the Strategies of the Warring States (Zhanguo Ce) uses the word for sewing. It is also an alternative term for stitching. Ancient characters were frequently used as loan characters, thus it is written here as stitches. This refers to the coarseness or clumsiness of the needlework. Also, from the Xunzi, Non-Physiognomy chapter: Slowness and urgency, stretching and contracting. Commentary: This means the same as to bend and to stretch. Also, from the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced chu. The meaning is the same. Also, the same as to dismiss or demote. Book of Rites (Liji), Royal Regulations: Those who are not filial, the ruler shall demote them in rank. Commentary: Chu means to retire or dismiss. Textual Research: Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen): Indicates red. Corrected to sewing according to the original text. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of the Zhao House: A hat pushed back and stitches appearing. Commentary: Xu Guang states that the Warring States source uses the characters for stitches and sewing. The word Strategies has been added after Warring States according to the original text.