Hai Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Deer (lù) Character: Mi Kangxi stroke count: 20 Page 1511, Entry 08 Pronounced mi. According to the Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen Jiezi), it refers to a fawn. It also refers to the young of any beast at birth. In the Book of Rites (Liji), it is written: During spring hunts, scholars do not take fawns or eggs. The commentary states: During the season of giving birth, one should avoid harming their kind. It is also written as the variant form (ni). In the Book of Rites (Liji), it is written: A fawn-fur robe with black lambskin cuffs, and a lined robe worn over it. In the Analects of Confucius (Lunyu), it is written as the variant form (ni).