Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Character: Xie Kangxi strokes: 19 Page 940, Entry 24 Guangyun (Guangyun): Pronounced xie (falling tone). Jiyun (Jiyun): Pronounced xie (falling tone). Meaning: Old clothes. Zhuangzi (Zhuangzi): To break needles and mend old clothes. Sounds and Meanings: Xie means to wash clothes. Cui writes it as a variant form, pronounced xian (falling tone).