Xu Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Gate (mén) Entry: Wei Kangxi Strokes: 17 Page 1338, Entry 06 Pronounced wei. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): The gate within a palace. Book of Rites (Liji), Miscellaneous Records (Zaji): When the lady arrived, she entered through the small palace gate. Explanation of Texts (Shiwen): Wei is pronounced wei, the gate within a palace. Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan), Second Year of Duke Min (Min Gong Er Nian), Annotation: A small gate within a palace is called a wei. Explanation of Texts (Shiwen): Pronounced wei. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), House of Duke Tai of Qi: Attacked the small palace gate and the main gate. Annotation: A gate within a palace is called a wei. Book of Han (Qianhan Shu), Preface: Both reached the palace gates of the ruler of the time. Also a place name. Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan), Twenty-third Year of Duke Zhao (Zhao Gong Ershisan Nian): Yin Xin took the western gate. Annotation: The western gate, a place in the Zhou state. Explanation of Texts (Shiwen): Wei is pronounced wei. Also pronounced hui. Book of Rites (Liji), Miscellaneous Records (Zaji): When the lady arrived, she entered through the small palace gate. Explanation of Texts (Shiwen): Liu Changzong pronounces it hui. Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan), Second Year of Duke Min (Min Gong Er Nian), Annotation: A small gate within a palace is called a wei. Explanation of Texts (Shiwen): Also pronounced hui. Also written as curtain (wei). Book of Rites (Liji), Miscellaneous Records (Zaji), Annotation on Small Palace Gate: Small palace gate, or written as curtain gate. Common usage uses a variant form, which is incorrect.