Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Character: kuàng Kangxi Stroke Count: 21 Page 942, Entry 36 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Dictionary of Rhymes (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced kuàng. Explanation of Graphs (Shuowen): Silk floss. Sometimes written with the character for light (guang) to form the variant form (kuàng). Jade Chapters (Yupian): Cotton. Book of Documents (Shangshu), Tribute of Yu (Yugong): In their baskets were fine silk floss. Commentary: Silk floss is fine cotton. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), After the Burial (Jixi): Attach silk floss to the nose. Commentary: Silk floss is new cotton. Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), Twelfth Year of Duke Xuan: The soldiers of the three armies were as if holding silk floss. Commentary: This refers to cotton. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced kuàng (departing tone). The meaning is the same.