Xu Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Leaf (yè) Lei Kangxi strokes: 15 Page 1403, Entry 21 Jade Chapters (Yupian) pronounced wai. Extensive Rhymes (Guangyun) pronounced wai. Broad Refinement (Guangya) states it means illness. Also, from Explaining Graphs and Analyzing Characters (Shuowen), it means difficult to understand. One source says it describes a fresh white appearance. Formed from the radical for Leaf (yè) and the sound of Rice (mǐ), and an abbreviated form of the character for Powder (fěn). Note: Being difficult to understand also carries the meaning of being unintelligent. Also, from Collected Rhymes (Jiyun) pronounced lei. The meaning is the same.