Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Lei Kangxi stroke count: 27 Page 944, Entry 21 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced lei (level tone) Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhymes Compilation (Yunhui): Pronounced lei (level tone) Net. Commentary on the Analects of Confucius (Lunyu zhu): A black rope. Also written in a variant form (lei). Or written in a variant form (lei).