Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) 纅 Kangxi Strokes: 21 Page 942, Entry 26 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): Pronounced yao Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced yao Analysis of Characters (Shuowen): Colored silk. Also in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced shuo. The meaning is the same. Also in Collected Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced li. To process silk. Sea of Writings (Pianhai): Sometimes written in a variant form.