Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 930, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced di (falling tone), sounds the same as the word for younger brother. Shuowen: Refers to something tied together that cannot be untied. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Annals of Qin Shi Huang: Alliance formed by binding agreements. Annotation: The term for binding, meaning to knot. Also, Small Erya: To seal or close off. Also pronounced ti (rising tone), sounds the same as the word for topic or title. Songs of Chu (Chuci), Nine Chapters: Breath spiraling and winding, knotting itself. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced di (falling tone), sounds the same as the word for emperor. Pronounced di (falling tone), sounds the same as the word for earth. Pronounced zhi (falling tone), sounds the same as the word for a type of wild beast. The meaning is the same in all cases.