Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Character: Zhi Kangxi strokes: 17 Page 936, Entry 09 Pronounced zhi. According to the Comprehensive Rhymes (Guangyun), Extensive Rhymes (Jiyun), and Rhyme Collection (Yunhui), it is pronounced zhi. According to the Jade Collection (Yupian), it means to bind with thread, to bind together, or to connect. According to the Classified Dictionary (Leipian), it means to tie. Book of Odes (Shijing), Lesser Odes: To tie them and bind them. Commentary: Zhi means to tether. Book of Rites (Liji), Monthly Ordinances: When the wandering mares are separated from the herd, then tether the galloping foals. Also in Zuo Commentary (Zuozhuan), ninth year of Duke Cheng: Who is that wearing a southern cap and bound in fetters? Annotation: Zhi means to restrain or arrest. Also in Rhyme Supplement (Yunbu), pronounced zhi. Spring and Autumn Annals (Chunqiu): Thieves killed the elder brother of the Duke of Wei, Zhi; the Gongyang and Guliang commentaries record it as Zhe.