Shen Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Insect (chóng) Mie Kangxi stroke count: 21 Page 1101, Entry 24 Tang Rhyme (Tangyun) and Rhyme Collection (Yunhui) both record the pronunciation as mie (rising tone). Mie-meng refers to tiny insects. See the note under the character meng. Also written in a variant form (mie). Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Sima Xiangru: Mie-meng dancing and leaping.