Zi Collection, Middle Volume. Radical: Person (rén). Mài. Kangxi Stroke Count: 7. Page 97, Position 20.
Guangyun: Phonetic construction of mò plus huà. Jiyun: Phonetic construction of mò plus bài. Pronounced like mài.
The name of a type of music.
The names of foreign music jin, mai, dou, and li — Ban Gu, Rhapsody on the Eastern Capital (Dongdu Fu).
Written as mèi — Classic of Rites (Liji), Positions in the Hall of Distinction (Mingtang Wei).
In the Rites of Zhou (Zhouli), it is written as a variant form with the same meaning.
Textual Research: Guangyun (mò plus huà) and Jiyun (mò plus bài) indicate the pronunciation mài. Originally listed as the name of a medicine. In careful accordance with the commentary of the Rhapsody on the Eastern Capital, the name of a medicine is corrected to the name of a type of music.