Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Character: kuàng Kangxi Stroke Count: 21 Page 942, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Gathering (Yunhui), Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced kuàng. Explanation from Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): Refers to silk wadding. Also written in a variant form as kuàng with the light component. Jade Chapters (Yupian): Refers to cotton or silk floss. Classic of History (Shujing), Tribute of Yu (Yugong): In their baskets were fine silk floss. Commentary: Silk floss, fine cotton. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), Occasions after Death (Jixi): To place silk floss near the nose. Commentary: Silk floss, new cotton wool. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Twelfth Year of Duke Xuan: The soldiers of the three armies felt as if they were holding silk floss. Commentary: Cotton wool. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced kuàng, using the falling tone of guāng. The meaning is the same.