Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) 繼 Kangxi brush strokes: 20 Page 941, Entry 01 Guangyun (Guangyun), Jiyun (Jiyun), Yunhui (Yunhui), Zhengyun (Zhengyun): Pronounced ji (falling tone). Shuowen (Shuowen): To continue. Yupian (Yupian): To inherit or continue. Book of Changes (Yijing), Commentary on the Appended Phrases (Xici): That which continues it is good. Doctrine of the Mean (Zhongyong): Skillfully continuing the will of others. Mencius (Mengzi): To be able to continue. Five Classics Text (Wujing wenzi): The character is formed from... [omitted structural description]. The common variant is considered incorrect. Also Jiyun (Jiyun): Pronounced ji (falling tone). To bind. History of the Later Han (Hou Han Shu), Biography of Li Gu: The masses continued to look toward him. Commentary: Liu Ban stated: The character implies continuation, which is inapplicable here. It is likely a copyist error for the character meaning to bind, signifying binding the hopes of the world. Note: The character is also pronounced xi (falling tone), meaning to bind, which corresponds to the meaning of binding. Liu intended to change the character to the one meaning to bind, but this is incorrect.