Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Kangxi stroke count: 19 Page 940, Entry 01 Compilation of Phonetic Glosses (Jiyun): Pronounced zǎo. Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): Refers to a silk fabric exhibiting a deep blue-red color. General Glossary (Boya): Also known as jian. Compilation of Phonetic Glosses (Jiyun): Also pronounced qiāo. Compilation of Phonetic Glosses (Jiyun): Also pronounced qiǎo. The meaning is the same. Compilation of Phonetic Glosses (Jiyun): Also pronounced sāo. Jade Chapters (Yupian): The same as the character for raw silk reeling (sāo). See the detailed entry for that character. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): The colloquial form is sometimes written as shān, which is incorrect. The character shān has its own pronunciation of shān. The original form of the character for raw silk reeling (sāo) is derived from the mortar (jiù) radical.