Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Leather (wéi) Character: Ge Kangxi Stroke Count: 15 Page 1394, Entry 08 Pronounced jia. Jade Encyclopedia (Yupian): Refers to a specific type of leather garment. Broad Dictionary of Rhymes (Guangyun): Refers to a leather kneepad. Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters (Shuowen): Originally written as a different form. Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Also written as a variant form. Pronounced ge. Broad Dictionary of Rhymes (Guangyun): Refers to a large belt. Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): A garment worn by scholars, constructed similar to a ceremonial knee cover (fu). Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), Section on Funeral Rites for Scholars: Adorned with a leather belt. Commentary: The leather belt is a black belt of the specified style. It is not mentioned as such in the text to avoid redundancy, as the term for the belt implies the material itself. The belt is made of leather; in ancient script, the character for this belt is written as a variant form. Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes also written as a variant form (qia). Pronounced qia. Same meaning as above.