Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Kangxi Strokes: 17 Page 936, Entry 06 Pronounced zhi (rising tone). Jade Chapters (Yupian): To bind with thread, to bind together, to connect. Classified Chapters (Leipian): To tie. Book of Odes (Shijing), Minor Odes (Xiao Ya): To bind them and tie them. Commentary: Zhi means to tether. Book of Rites (Liji), Monthly Ordinances (Yueling): When the roaming mares are separated from the herd, then tether the galloping foals. Also: Zuo Commentary (Zuo Zhuan), Ninth Year of Duke Cheng: Who is that wearing a southern cap and in bonds? Annotation: Zhi means to arrest or hold fast. Also: Pronounced zhi (entering tone). Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu): Thieves killed the elder brother of the Marquis of Wei, Zhi; in the Gongyang and Guliang commentaries, this is written as Zhe.