Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Silk (mì) Character: Liu Kangxi stroke count: 14 Page 928, Entry 09 Collected Rimes (Jiyun): Pronounced liu (rising tone). Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen): Ten threads of weft make a liu. Classified Chapters (Leipian): One source says ten threads of silk make a lun, and double a lun makes a liu. Shen Quanqi, Seven Evening Clothes-Airing Poem (Qixi pu yi pian): Above is the long-life liu of an immortal, in the center one sees the embroidery of a jade maiden welcoming joy.