Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Character: Zhu Kangxi stroke count: 11 Page 920, Entry 15 Collection of Characters (Pianhai): Pronounced zhu. Xunzi (Xunzi), Discussion of Rites (Lilun): When the thread is held to the nostrils to check for breath. Commentary: Zhu means to connect, also defined as to drip.