Shen Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Grass (cǎo) Mie Kangxi stroke count: 19 Page 1061, Entry 03 Comprehensive Collection of Characters (Zihui): Same as the character pronounced mie (rising tone). Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sima Xiangru: The tiny insects leap about. Also, Supplement to the Comprehensive Collection of Characters (Zihui Bu): Means fine or small. Ma Rong, Rhapsody on the Long Flute: Tracing the fine roots, stepping on the faint threads. Also, used as a variant of the character pronounced mie (falling tone). Liu Zongyuan, Memorial Requesting Employment for the Two River Regions: Despising those little villains, who still wish to flee punishment. Also, used in personal names. Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing): Nüji and Nümie.