Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Character: ti Kangxi Stroke Count: 13 Page 925, Entry 01 Guangyun: Pronounced ti Jiyun: Pronounced ti Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Thick silk. Shiming: Resembling the color of an insect, green and lustrous. Commentary on the Emergency Relief Chapter (Jijiupian zhu): Ti is what is now called plain pongee. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Fan Sui: Took a robe of ti silk and bestowed it upon him. Commentary: The Suoyin states: This is what is now called coarse silk. The Zheng-yi states: It is a coarse robe of the present day. Book of Han (Qianhan), Annals of Emperor Wen: He wore a garment of black and ti silk.