Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Rain (yǔ) Character: Ai Kangxi strokes: 25 Page 1381, Entry 02 Pronounced ai. Yu Pian: Ai-dai, the appearance of clouds. Zhengzitong: Ai-dai, spectacles. Dongtian Qinglu: Ai-dai, when the elderly cannot distinguish fine print, covering the eyes with these makes them clear. Novels from the Yuan dynasty say that ai-dai originated in the Western Regions. It is wrongly written as yun-da, which is incorrect. Fangyu Shenglue: The country of Malacca produces ai-dai. Zihuibu: Kuan-ai, a place name. Pronounced yi (falling tone). Ai-dai, the appearance of clouds. Pronounced ai (rising tone). Guangyun: Ai-xi, the appearance of being unclear. Mu Hua, Sea Rhapsody (Haifu): The aura is like the evening sky, clouds spreading like ai-di. Pronounced ai (rising tone). The appearance of thick clouds.