Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Kangxi Strokes: 15 Page 930, Entry 15 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced min. Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced min. Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced min. Shuowen Jiezi: To fish with a line. Book of Odes (Shijing): With what does he fish? With a silk line. Erya, Explanation of Words (Erya): Min means a fishing line. Commentary: It is a rope. In the region east of the Yangtze River, it is called min. Also, Shuowen Jiezi: In the state of Wu, people taking off their clothes to cover one another is called min. Book of Odes (Shijing): To unravel the silk threads. Commentary: Min means to cover. Also, a string of copper coins. History of the Former Han (Qianhan Shu): The first tax on strings of coins was instituted. Commentary: Min refers to the silk cord used to string coins together. Also, the name of a city. Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan): The Marquis of Qi attacked the state of Song and besieged Min. Commentary: Min is a city in Song. There is an East Min city southeast of Changyi County in Gaoping. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced hun. The meaning is the same. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced mian. Often written as the variant form mian. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced min. Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi): Even if it makes the hills and woods lush. Commentary: Min means lush or abundant. Also, Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi): Should I be connected? Commentary: Min means to merge or unite. Also, Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced min. Sometimes written as the variant form min. Means to feel pain or pity.