Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Kangxi Strokes: 15 Page 930, Entry 01 Pronounced min. Pronounced min. Pronounced min. Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): To fish with a line. Book of Odes (Shijing): What does he fish with? With a silk line. Erya (Approaching Elegance, Interpretation of Ancient Words): Min means a fishing line. Commentary: It means a cord. In the region east of the Yangtze River, it is called min. Also, Shuowen Jiezi: The people of Wu use the term min for covering someone with clothes. Book of Odes (Shijing): Stretching the silk threads. Commentary: Min means to cover. Also refers to a string of cash. Book of Han (Hanshu), Annals of Emperor Wu: Initiated the taxation of stringed cash. Commentary: Min means silk, used to thread the coins together. Also the name of an ancient town. Zuo Tradition (Zuo Zhuan), Year 23 of Duke Xi: The Marquis of Qi attacked Song and besieged Min. Commentary: Min is a town in the state of Song. Southeast of Changyi County in Gaoping, there is East Min City. Also pronounced hun. The meaning is the same. Also pronounced mian. Often written interchangeably with the character for cotton/soft (mian). Also pronounced min. Zhuangzi, Zeyang Chapter: Even if made of the gathering of hills, grass, and trees. Commentary: Min means abundant. Zhuangzi, Zaiyou Chapter: When I was in a state of min. Commentary: Min means to blend together or vanish. Also pronounced min. A variant form of the character for grieve (min), meaning to feel pain.