Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) 糺 Kangxi stroke count: 7 Page 915, Entry 03 Broad Rimes (Guangyun): Pronounced jiu. Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced jiu (rising tone). Jiu is sometimes written as jiu. Verses of Chu (Chuci): The tree branches intertwine. Note: Jiu is sometimes written as jiu. Also, in the Biography of Wei Xiao in the History of the Later Han (Hou Hanshu): Raising the banners and gathering the clan. Note: Jiu means to gather. Also, in the Nine Chapters of the Verses of Chu (Chuci): Entwining the anxious heart as a sash. Note: Jiu means to be knotted or perverse.