Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Clothing (yī) Character: XIE Kangxi strokes: 17 Page 1123, Entry 11 Pronounced xue. Shuowen Jiezi (Shuowen): Private clothing. Analects of Confucius (Lunyu): Red and purple are not used for private clothing. Commentary: Clothing for private life. Ouyang says: Composed of clothing, and the idea of holding onto the middle. Guangyun (Guangyun): Undergarments. Zengyun (Zengyun): Remnants of torn clothing are called xie. Also, filthy. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of Shi Fen, commentary on the toilet vessel: Lu Jing says: Xie is a vessel, a pit for filth and waste. Also, written in a variant form (xie), meaning to be familiar or close.