Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Rain (yǔ) Character: 霡 Kangxi Strokes: 18 Page 1377, Entry 03 Compiled Rhymes (Jiyun): Pronounced mo. Rhyme Collection (Yunhui) and Correct Rhymes (Zhengyun): Pronounced mo. Pronounced mai. Explication of Names (Shiming): Mai-mu is a light rain. It means a rain that barely touches or moistens, like someone washing their hair, reaching only the upper branches while the roots remain dry. Literary Expositor (Erya), Explanation of Heaven (Shitian): A small rain is called mai-mu. Book of Odes (Shijing), Minor Odes (Xiaoya): Supplemented by a light rain. Zuo Si, Rhapsody on the Capital of Wu (Wudu Fu): Sweat flowed like a light rain, and the main roads became muddy. Analytical Dictionary of Characters (Shuowen): Originally written as 霢. Compiled Rhymes (Jiyun): Sometimes also written in a variant form.