Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower
Radical: Cover (mì)
冪; Kangxi strokes: 16; Page 131
According to Rhyme Compilation of Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), the pronunciation is mi.
In Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), originally written as the character for cover. Sometimes written as mi.
Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Offices of Heaven: The Cover Officer is in charge of providing cloth covers. Commentary: Providing cloth covers is for covering objects. During sacrifices, use coarse cloth covers for the eight sacrificial wine vessels, and use painted cloth covers for the eight sacrificial ritual vessels.
In Rhyme Compilation (Yunhui), sometimes written as mi.
In Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun), written as mi, and also as mi, meaning a cloth for covering food.
Textual Research: Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), Offices of Heaven, the Cover Officer is in charge of providing the lower cloth covers. Commentary: Providing lower cloths is for covering objects. During sacrifices, use coarse cloth covers for the eight sacrificial wine vessels, and use painted cloth covers for the eight sacrificial ritual vessels. We note that the words lower cloth are an error for the two words provide cloth. Following the original text, we have corrected provide lower cloth covers to provide cloth covers. Providing cloth covers is for covering objects. Eight ritual vessels has been corrected to six ritual vessels.