Shen Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Clothing (yī) Page 1121, Entry 07 Pronounced yu. Pronounced as yu (level tone). Shuowen Jiezi (Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters): Refers to clothing decorated with pheasant feathers. Yupian (Jade Chapters): Refers to chanyu, which is a garment with straight lapels. History of the Former Han (Qian Hanshu), Biography of Juan Buyi: A man arrived wearing a yellow chanyu. Annotated by Yan Shigu: Chanyu is a single-layered garment with straight lapels. Zhang Heng, Four Sorrows Poem (Sichou Shi): The beautiful woman presented me with a sable-fur chanyu. Yang Xiong, Dialect (Fangyan): Among chanyu, the shorter ones are called duanyu. Also denotes something beautiful. Records of the Grand Historian (Shiji), Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin: Wearing beautiful clothing and eating delicious food. Yupian (Jade Chapters): Ye-yu is an instrument for measuring silk. Pronounced yao. Yudi is the ceremonial dress of a queen. Yupian (Jade Chapters): Refers to pheasant patterns embroidered on the queen's ceremonial dress. Liu Zongyuan, Congratulations on the Empress Dowager's Canonization (He ce taishang huanghou hebiao): Even the yudi-patterned robes were graced by the glory of imperial favor. Annotation: Refers to ceremonial robes embroidered or carved with pheasant designs. Sometimes also written in a variant form (yu). Pronounced tou. Yu is a short-sleeved undergarment. Leipian (Classified Dictionary): Refers to clothing worn next to the skin.