Wei Collection, Upper Volume
Radical: Silk (mì)
Kangxi Strokes: 18
Page 939, Entry 01
Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced dui (falling tone). The pronunciation is the same as the word for collapse.
Etymology (Shuowen): Refers to the fabric scraps remaining after weaving.
Jade Chapters (Yupian): Refers to the ribbon used for tying knots.
Commentary on the Rapid Literacy Classic (Jijiupian zhu): This term belongs to the category of silk ribbons; it resembles a specialized cord, but its color is red.
Categorized Chapters (Leipian): Another meaning is painting or drawing.
Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Spring Offices, Master of Mats and Rugs: For mats used by feudal lords during ancestral sacrifices, they are made of rushes, with edges decorated with painted patterns.
Commentary: This refers to painted patterns.
Winter Offices, Record of Trades (Kaogongji): Regarding matters of painting, one must mix various colors.
Book of Rites (Liji), Songs of Rites (Quli): Decorating small lambs and wild geese requires painted designs.
Sub-commentary: Painting cloud patterns on cloth.
History of the Former Han (Qianhan), Treatise on Food and Money: Using embroidered silk fabrics as currency for imperial gifts.
Commentary: This is embroidery. Using five-colored silk threads to embroider patterns.
Also synonymous with the character for paint or embroider.
Book of Rites (Liji), Jade Beads (Yuzao): A black cloth cap adorned with colored cap strings.
Commentary: Some versions write this as the character for paint or embroider.
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced hui (rising tone), with the same pronunciation as a word for a swelling or lump. The meaning is the same.
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced hui (level tone), with the same pronunciation as return.
Categorized Chapters (Leipian): Refers to bright and vivid colors.
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced hu (entering tone), with the same pronunciation as dig. The meaning is the same.
Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced qiu (falling tone). Some forms are written as a variant of the character.
Textual Research: The Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) lists this as pronounced with a tone associated with the character for collapse; however, the rhyme category for the character indicates this phonetic combination does not result in that pronunciation. Following the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), the pronunciation has been corrected to match the term for a swelling or lump.
