Wei Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Cable (lǎn) Kangxi stroke count: 27 Page 944, Entry 18 Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), Collected Annotations on Rhymes (Yunhui), and Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced lǎn (falling tone). Jade Chapters (Yupian): A rope for mooring boats. Du Fu, Poem on Boating on the West Reservoir of the City: The late sun slowly watches the brocade cable pull. Corrected Rhymes (Zhengyun): Commonly written in a variant form.