You Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Walk (chuò) Dai Kangxi strokes: 12 Page 1254, Entry 35 Guangyun (Broad Rhymes) says: Pronounced dai (falling tone). Jiyun (Collected Rhymes), Yunhui (Collection of Rhymes), and Zhengyun (Correct Rhymes) all say: Pronounced dai (falling tone). Erya (Approaching Elegance), Interpretation of Teachings: Dai means to reach or until. Book of Odes (Shijing), Shao South: Until this present time. Also written in a variant form as dai. See the detailed entry for the character dai later in this section.