Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Character: ru Kangxi Stroke Count: 16 Page 934, Entry 18 Guangyun (Guangyun): Pronounced ru. Jiyun (Jiyun), Yunhui (Yunhui): Pronounced ru. Shuowen (Shuowen): Many colors and patterns. Yupian (Yupian): To decorate. Zhang Heng, Western Capital Rhapsody (Xijing Fu): Colored decorations, intricate and ornate. Annotation: Complex and ornate, colored decorations. Also from Guangya (Guangya): To be frequent or numerous. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili), Mourning Attire: For the mourning of an adult, the rites are numerous (ru). For the mourning of a non-adult, the rites are not numerous. Annotation: Ru means numerous. Also in Yunbu (Yunbu): Rhymes with yu. Li You, Rhapsody on the Yangde Hall (Yangde Dian Fu): The green-latticed forbidden gates, the corridors spread out with wings. Magnificent patterns, strange and unusual, dense colors, precious and ornate. Textual Research: Guangya: Ru means frequent, numerous. In accordance with the original text, the character for gathering was corrected to the character for frequent.