Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) 縲 Kangxi Stroke Count: 17 Page 935, Entry 01 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced lei (level tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Anthology (Yunhui): Pronounced lei (level tone) Categorized Compilation (Leipian): Lei is sometimes written in the variant form (lei). Analects (Lunyu): Though in the black ropes of bondage. Commentary: Lei refers to a black rope. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Preface by the Grand Historian: Imprisoned in the black ropes of bondage. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced luo (level tone). Refers to a large rope.