Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Tao Kangxi strokes: 14 Page 927, Entry 20 Ancient form: Ku. According to the Guangyun (Guangyun), Jiyun (Jiyun), Yunhui (Yunhui), and Zhengyun (Zhengyun), the pronunciation is tao. According to the Erya: Shiyan (Erya: Shiyan), tao means to twist. The commentary notes that it refers to twisting ropes. According to the Book of Odes (Shijing), specifically the section Bin Feng: Working at night to twist ropes, in preparation for their use. Also, according to the Yunbu (Yunbu), it is used with the sound hou. In the Hehuan Poems (Hehuan shi) by Yang Fang: Clothing is made with double silk thread, sleeping together with seamless ropes. You are quiet and I do not move, you wander and I do not remain.