Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Kangxi Strokes: 7 Page 104, Entry 07 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui), and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun) pronounce this as ji (falling tone). Explaining Graphs (Shuowen): To fasten. Broad Elegance (Boya): To be connected or fastened together. Narrative Biographies of the Former Han (Qianhan Xuzhuan): Inheritor of the lineage of Gao Xu. Commentary: Ying Shao says this means to connect. Biography of Zhang Heng in the History of the Later Han (Houhan Zhangheng Zhuan): The xi (lineage/connection) says. Commentary: Xi means to fasten. Commentary on Selections of Refined Literature (Wenxuan Zhu): Refers to the preceding intent of the attached prose. Also, in Zhang Heng's Eastern Capital Rhapsody (Dongjing Fu): Although connected by collapsing walls and filling trenches. Commentary: Xi means to continue. Also, in Zuo Si's Rhapsody on the Capital of Wei (Weidu Fu): Drawing upon past sages to create a lineage. Commentary: Xi means to succeed or follow in descent. Also, Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): A thread or end. Added Rhymes (Zengyun): To be connected or associated. Also a surname. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): There was a person named Xi Yi in the state of Chu. Note: According to Explaining Graphs (Shuowen), xi forms its own radical, but it is now merged into this section.