Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) 縭 Kangxi Stroke Count: 17 Page 935, Entry 26 Pronounced li (level tone) According to the Shuo Wen Jiezi (Shuo Wen): Used to decorate footwear with silk. According to the Erya (Erya): A woman's decorative cloth belt is called a li. Annotation: This refers to what is currently known as a scent sachet (xiangying). Book of Odes (Shijing), Bin Feng: A mother personally ties the decorative belt for her. Commentary: Li is a woman's decorative belt. The mother admonishes her daughter to fasten her garment ties and secure her decorative belt properly. According to the Erya (Erya): Li refers to a cord or rope. Commentary: Li is defined as a rope, and rope is used for binding and knotting. Book of Odes (Shijing), Xiao Ya: Used a rope to tether it. According to the Zheng Yun (Zheng Yun): Pronounced chi (level tone). History of Tang (Tangshu), Biographies of Confucian Scholars: Moving through the wind and dew (describing a life of arduous labor). Textual Research: According to the Erya (Erya), a woman's decorative cloth belt is called a li. The character wei has been added according to the original text.