Mao Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Script (wén) Pronounced wei (rising tone) Kangxi Strokes: 23 Page 477, Entry 23 According to the Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun), it is pronounced wei (rising tone). It is a variant form of the character pronounced men (rising tone), which is composed with the radical for script. See the detailed note under the entry for the character pronounced men (rising tone) in the Radical: Lid (tóu) section.