Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Character: Fou Kangxi stroke count: 10 Page 917, Entry 02 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced fu. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): Pronounced fang, sound identical to bu. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): Describes the appearance of bright white clothing. Book of Odes (Shijing), Zhou Odes (Zhou Song): Silk clothing that is bright. Commentary (Zhuan): Fou means the appearance of being clean and bright. Additionally, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced pi. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced pi, sound identical to pi. The meaning is the same. Additionally, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced fou. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced fu, sound identical to fu. The meaning is the same. Additionally, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced fu, sound identical to fu. Categorized Compendium (Leipian): Refers to the bright colors of silk fabrics. Additionally, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced pei, sound identical to pei. Pronounced fu, sound identical to fu. The meaning is the same.