Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Clothing (yī) Character: Lou Kangxi Stroke Count: 17 Page 1123, Entry 05 Tang Rhymes (Tangyun): Pronounced lou Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Compendium (Yunhui): Pronounced lou Jade Chapters (Yupian): The lapel of a garment. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): A lapel. Broadened Elegant (Boya): A lapel is called lou. Also in Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced lu Jade Chapters (Yupian): A garment that is tattered. Master Yang's Regional Speech (Fangyan): In Southern Chu, when people are poor and their clothing is ragged and worn, it is sometimes called lou lie, or sometimes lan lou. Also: To sew clothes is called lou. Also: Used interchangeably with lu (thread). Comprehensive Mirror of the Outline (Gangmu Jilan): Lan lu and lan lou are interchangeable.