Wei Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Sheep (yáng). Mi. Kangxi Strokes: 6. Page: 951, Position 02. Guangyun (Guǎngyùn): mian and bi. Jiyun (Jíyùn): mu and bi. The sound is mǐ. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuōwén Jiězì): The sound of a sheep bleating. Also used as a surname. It is the surname of the ancestors of the State of Chu. The flourishing descendants of Zhurong are likely those of the Mi surname — Discourses of the States (Guoyu). Luzhong had six sons, the sixth was named Jilian, of the Mi surname, and the people of Chu are his descendants — Records of the Grand Historian (Shǐjì). Commentary: The Mi surname is that from which all the royalty of the State of Chu originated. Mi mimics the sound of a sheep. Jiyun: Sometimes also written in a variant form pronounced miè.