Chou Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Woman (nǚ) Hui Kangxi strokes: 16 Page 272, Entry 03 Collection of Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced wai (falling tone). Explanation of Simple and Compound Characters (Shuowen): A woman with a black complexion. Regional Dialects of Master Yang (Yangzi Fangyan): Hui means hateful. Also pronounced wo (entering tone). The meaning is the same. Also, aui-hui is the name of a beast. Its appearance is like a monkey, with a patterned body and it is fond of laughing. Sometimes written in a variant form (you-e). See Classic of Mountains and Seas (Shanhaijing).