You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) Ai Kangxi Strokes: 20 Page 1183, Entry 11 According to Tang Rhymes (Tangyun), it is pronounced ai. According to Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) and Orthography Rhymes (Zhengyun), it is pronounced ai. According to the Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen), it is a term of praise for a subject who exerts full effort. In the Book of Odes (Shijing), Great Odes (Daya) section: The many excellent gentlemen of the King are numerous. The Mao Commentary (Maozhuan) says: It is similar to the word for numerous and orderly. The Zhu Commentary (Zhuzhu) says: It means many. Also, according to the Jade Chapters (Yupian), it means correct or upright. Also a surname. According to the Universal Genealogy of Surnames (Wanxing Tongpu), there was Ai Huan, a Governor of Pingyang during the Han Dynasty. Note: Ai and the character for lush vegetation (ai) are the same; the Dictionary of Characters (Zihui) separates them into the Speech radical and the Vegetation radical, which is incorrect.