Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Leather (wéi) Wei; Kangxi dictionary stroke count: 18 Page 1394, Entry 01 Pronounced wei (falling-rising tone). Explaining the character from the Shuowen Jiezi (Dictionary of Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): It means right or correct. Composed of the element for right, with leather acting as a phonetic component. Zuo Tradition (Zuozhuan), Year 11 of Duke Yin: Committing the five unrighteous acts. Book of Han (Hanshu), Narrative Biography: The illustrious rightness serves as a warning. The commentary by Zhang Yan says: It means right. To clarify what is right is to provide a warning against what is wrong. Book of Later Han (Houhanshu), Biography of Xun Shuang: All five right principles are complete. Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Also written in a variant form (wei).