Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Kangxi stroke count: 12 Page 922, Entry 01 Guangyun (Guangyun) and Zhengyun (Zhengyun) read this as gu jiao qie; Jiyun (Jiyun) reads it as ji qiao qie. Pronounced jiao (rising tone). Shuowen (Shuowen): To hang. Yupian (Yupian): To wind around. Guangyun (Guangyun): To bind. Zuo Zhuan (Zuo Zhuan): If one is guilty, strangle them to execute them. Commentary: Jiao is the means by which one hangs a person or object. Analects (Lunyu): To be straightforward without ritual is to be sharp-tongued. He Yan commentary: Jiao means to pierce with words. Sub-commentary: Jiao means to criticize the faults of others. Also the name of a state. Zuo Zhuan (Zuo Zhuan): The Zheng people encamped at Pusao. They were about to join Sui, Jiao, Zhou, and Liao in attacking the Chu army. Commentary: Jiao is the name of a state. Also a surname. Guangyun (Guangyun): Appears in the He Family Surname Garden (He Shi Xing Yuan). Also Jiyun (Jiyun) and Yunhui (Yunhui) read this as he jiao qie. Pronounced yao (level tone). Book of Rites (Liji): Wear the jiao garment with an under-garment (ti). Commentary: Jiao refers to a pale yellow color. Also Book of Rites (Liji): For minor dressing (of the deceased), use cloth jiao. Commentary: Jiao is the cord used to bind the body firmly after dressing. Shiming (Shiming): The cloth used to bind the outer garment is called jiao. Jiao means to intersect; it is to tie or knot together. Also Jiyun (Jiyun) reads this as ju xiao qie. Pronounced jiao (falling tone). Refers to blackish-yellow silk.