Wei Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Kangxi Strokes: 15 Page 930, Entry 16 Broad Rimes (Guangyun) and Collected Rimes (Jiyun): pronounced mao (rising tone). Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): silk from a yak's tail. The Book of Zhou (Zhou Shu) states: Only the mao has a record. Note: In the Book of Documents (Shangshu), the character is written as mao. Xue Jixuan, in his work Exegesis of Ancient Script in the Book of Documents (Shu Guwen Xun), writes it as mao. Also, Broad Rimes (Guangyun): pronounced mao (falling tone). Collected Rimes (Jiyun): pronounced mao (falling tone). Meaning is the same. Also, Collected Rimes (Jiyun): pronounced yao (rising tone). Meaning is the same. Also, Broad Rimes (Guangyun): pronounced miao (rising tone). Collected Rimes (Jiyun), Collection of Rhymes (Yunhui), and Correct Rimes (Zhengyun): pronounced miao (rising tone). Categorized Compilation (Leipian): silk twisting is called mao. Also, Collected Rimes (Jiyun): pronounced mao (rising tone). Meaning is the same.