Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Character: 縎 Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 933, Entry 21 Pronounced gu (rising tone). Etymology: As defined in the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen jiezi), it refers to a knot. According to the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun) and the Rhyme Gathering (Yunhui), it means a knot that cannot be untied, as noted in the Extensive Elegance (Boya). In the Nine Sighs (Jiusi) from the Songs of Chu (Chuci), it is written: My heart is constrained and knotted as if broken. Also, according to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), pronounced hu (rising tone), it refers to a type of silk textile.