Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Kangxi Strokes: 13 Page 924, Entry 36 Pronounced xiao (level tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters): Refers to raw silk. Yupian (Jade Chapters): Refers to plain-colored silk textiles, and also refers to weft threads. Commentary on the Emergency Relief Scroll (Jijiupian zhu): Xiao is a type of white raw silk textile, similar to fine thin silk but more sparse. Also known as xianzhi. Book of Rites (Liji): Use a xiao garment as a lining for an outer garment. Commentary: Xiao belongs to the category of qi-patterned silk textiles. Zuo Si, Rhapsody on the Capital of Wu (Wudu fu): Dwellings at the bottom of the water quietly weave and roll up xiao. Commentary: The shark-men (jiaoren) emerged from the water and would stay in people's homes, selling xiao for many days. Xiao is zhufuyu (a type of textile). Also written as xiao. Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial (Yili): The matron uses a headband and hairpin, with the xiao garment on her right side. Commentary: Xiao, pronounced the same as xiao in the Book of Odes (Shijing) phrase plain clothes and red xiao. Note: Regarding the Book of Odes (Shijing), Tang Odes (Tangfeng) phrase plain clothes and red embroidery, Zheng Xuan's commentary states that embroidery should be xiao. Yunbu (Supplement to the Rhymes) states: It should be pronounced as xiao. Also pronounced as shao (level tone). Biography of Xiang Xu in the Book of the Later Han (Houhan shu): Wearing a dark red xiao-headband. Explanation of Names (Shiming): A xiao-headband is a xiao-chao. It is used to bind the hair and make it stand upward. Mu Hua, Rhapsody on the Sea (Hai fu): Mentions the long xiao. Commentary: Xiao is equivalent to modern sails or rigging. It is made of long wood and used to hang sails.