Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Character: Zuo Kangxi Strokes: 17 Page 935, Entry 24 According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the Rhyme Gathering (Yunhui), and the Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), it is pronounced cu (falling-rising tone). It means to shrink. It also refers to a crinkled texture. According to the Classified Chapters (Leipian), one definition is a silk pattern. Also, according to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced zhou. It refers to gathered patterns. Sometimes also written in a variant form (zhou).