Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Kangxi Strokes: 12 Page 923, Entry 18 Pronounced gai. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): To bind. Jade Chapters (Yupian): To hang, to bind in the middle. Zhuangzi, Heaven and Earth: Just beginning to be a thing bound. Also pronounced hai. Large silk thread. Also to hang. Also pronounced hai (rising tone). Same meaning as above.