Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Clothing (yī) Character: Kun Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 1120, Entry 34 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced kun Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced kun Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui): Pronounced kun Shuowen Jiezi: Clothing. Jade Encyclopedia (Yupian): Undergarments. Commentary on the Urgent Literacy Manual (Jijiupian zhu): Trousers joined at the crotch are called kun. Explication of Names (Shiming): Kun means to pass through; it passes through both legs and is tied at the waist. Book of Han (Hanshu), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Xiangru himself wore calf-nose trousers and worked alongside the hired laborers. Book of Jin (Jinshu), Biography of Ruan Ji: The lice living in his trousers escaped into deep seams, hiding in torn padding, thinking they had found a fortunate omen. Also, Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao): The crotch of the trousers can neutralize poisonous arrows and treat recurring exhaustion in women. Classified Dictionary (Leipian): Kun is sometimes written in a variant form (kun).