Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Clothing (yī) Character: Du Kangxi Stroke Count: 14 Page 1119, Entry 14 Pronounced du. The seam on the back of a garment. Book of Rites (Liji), Deep Robe section: Reaching the heel with a plumb line. Commentary: The ankle refers to the du, which is the seam corresponding to the back panel. Also, a garment with asymmetrical panels. Discourses of the States (Jin Yu): He ordered Shensheng to attack Dongshan, wearing a garment with uneven seams. Commentary: The du is in the middle, but the left and right sides differ, hence it is called uneven. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biographies of Flatterers: He looked back and saw his du. Commentary: The du is the horizontal part of a shirt or jacket. Zuo Si, Rhapsody on the Capital of Wei (Wei Du Fu): Wearing asymmetrical robes in ranks. Also pronounced su. The sound of new clothing. Sometimes written in a variant form, or also in a variant form.